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by Chrontius

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This is the last clear frame before the GoPro in question took flight. What can we learn from this? These two really shouldn't be tear-assing around like this on toeballs. The declaw bandages inside may be protected, but they're certainly not bulletproof. They should really give it a week for them to finish healing before going back to galloping about.

So how did these two get here, doing something foolish? Well, let's back up a few months to when their father got himself fixed. Their mother was ambivalent about it, at first; she was just glad that he could have them cloned and replaced if this experiment failed miserably, with a hormone regulation implant to tide him over until his new meatballs were ready. On the other paw, the experiment didn't crash and burn. In fact, there's a stereotype about what happens when dragons are desexed, and wouldn't you know it, he got a chance to live the stereotype. And I quote:

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An urban legend has come to associate castration, correctly or not, with yielding an improved temperament in dragons. There may be basis in fact; public perceptions suggest the average dragon becomes less confrontational, possessive, and competitive, as well as more cooperative, affectionate, gregarious, impulsive, and laid back. They are also frequently described as playful, inquisitive, and eager to please. Also often reported is a shift toward the center of the Kinsey scale. The relative lack of severe side effects including metabolic, psychological, and depressive symptoms observed in baseline humanity would make these effects more prominent by comparison.

And, well, he liked it.  And on top of that, the people around him liked the change they saw in him, especially the calm, quiet confidence and sense of control he projected to his co-workers.  His wife rather enjoyed being able to adjust his libido to match hers at any given moment, as well as his increased endurance and (perhaps selfishly) his increased focus on her enjoyment.  His children couldn't put a claw on what changed, but they saw more of him, and enjoyed that time more.  All they knew, for he didn't discuss the alteration in any detail with them, was that he wore a bandage for a week or two, and they liked the result.

Thus, when he brought to his wife an idea and an advertisement, it was a relatively simple task to sell her on the idea.  The nearby cosmetic vet had run a flyer in the local rag, in hopes of drumming up some business over the weekend, and some buzz for the foreseeable future.  The relevant portion, on the bottom-right corner of the back of the leaflet, read:

"	"25% off everyone's bill - but only if you fix everyone!"

Or, in this case, finish the everyone.  The fine print read that anyone already done would be counted toward the discount, though it wouldn't be retroactively applied to their work.  In short order, he convinced Mom to do the whole family in one fell swoop.  Their kits, a hair over two, had already begun exhibiting the well-known symptoms of "the terrible twos" - in humans, this is a bad case of the "Mine!", but in dragons, it resembles the behavior of young wildcats of similar age, known there as "the arboreal phase".  It's defined by discovering just how athletic they've become, and taking advantage of it at every turn.  In the jungle, this isn't a problem.  Indoors, they become a terror, and outdoors there are few fences tall enough to resist a curious dragon - if they can't simply leap them, their claws make wooden or chain link fencing trivial to climb.  It's typically only somewhere around three that they discover that this exploration is capable of causing significant damage and injury, and the intervening year is infamous among anyone who has raised a dragon or watched someone else grapple with the daunting task of surviving this period.  Fortunately, it had been documented that this behavior could be mitigated, and the couple looked forward to a safer 2049 for everyone thanks to a simple and relatively noninvasive procedure.

Neither would have considered the option six months ago, but with Dad's recent experiences to inform their decisions, it was an easy choice to make.  The kits didn't quite understand what they were going to see the vet for, but I suppose they didn't really need to - when they heard they were going for what Dad had done, they didn't wait to hear the rest.  They jumped at the opportunity - literally, celebrating in their typically hyperactive way, their chance to be like their father in whatever way it was that had led to this change they saw in him.  And so, once the two could be calmed down enough to put them in an autocab, they were headed toward their local veterinary hospital (a term that had taken on an expanded meaning in the last several years).  They fed the both of them some mild tranquilizers, as usual, in a special kind of candy kept precisely for the purpose.  Less usually, in order to get them to sit still long enough to be prepared for their alteration, both of them needed three before they'd quit squirming and trying to help.  And… well, after that, the procedure is quick and easy whether it's performed at the Bodyshoppe or elsewhere.  Fortunately for their father, they were allowed to sleep it off rather than awoken immediately after their gentling.

A half hour later, their mother was rolled into the recovery room, eyes hazy with tranquilizers.  An hour later, it was decided that since they were already almost here, it would simply be a waste not to enjoy an ice cream in the park.  The rest of the discussion was about aftercare and recovery, and the two were advised just before they were sent off with their children that the recently altered should take it easy, for a few days at least.

Naturally, as soon as the ice cream is finished, the dragonets go tearassing off in a game of chase.

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A moment or two later, she rolls over to look (upside down) at her husband, the only one not sporting at least one bandage today.

"You should probably go slow them down, you know," she says to him, with a hint of amusement.

Keywords

male 1,181,557, dragon 147,534, castrated 727, body modification 697, neutered 644, eunuch 601, gelding 494, declawed 191, gentling 180, rfid implant 162, cone of shame 57, elizabethan collar 5

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Published: 10 years, 4 months ago

Rating: General

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