The Lone Kirin

Loss

Everything is black. I can't feel my body. It is unlike the time I've spent in my mother's womb. I clearly remember the warmth and safety I felt not even a day ago.

This felt...

Soulless would be the best words to describe it, I guess.
Absolute and everlasting solitude.

"Hmmm? Who might you be?"

My ears twitch at the sudden voice. I looked around me, only to find the origin of that voice right in front of me. A human was standing there.
No. This is no place for humans... neither one for Kirin.

[What is this place?]

OH GOD! I should not have made a mental link. This guy... Ugh... it felt like my head exploded for a second.

"The more pressing question is, who sent you to me? It's not like I get mortal visitors all that often...

Oh. Ok. I understand now. Funny. I have to say. You won't be here for much longer, don't worry. We have an agent on standby for occasions such as this."

[Oh... ok?]

"Bye!"

The man waves at me, but I am even more confused than I was when I got here. And suddenly, I wasn't in this void anymore.

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"They shat in his cereal this time... And that in the worst way possible... OOF... And even though they are his favorite... Ha! Well... back to work."

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I could hear something crunching within me. I couldn't see or hear, but I felt something realign and mend within my body.

[Don't try to move, once you're able to.]

Yet another alien voice. Only that the link only sent shivers down my spine, instead of virtually killing me.

[What is wrong with me? Did I hurt myself when I impacted?]

I am confused. Why can't I sense anything?

[Somewhat.]

Maybe, me impacting the ground after such a fall resulted in me getting crippled? Scary!

[In what way?]

[I know you were just born, but do you know what minced meat is?]

[No?]

[Probably better that way.]

[So it was terrible.]

[As bad as death can be...]

[What?]

[Can you just stop asking questions? I am doing this because I was asked to. Not because I like you and/or your mother. She is a pain in the ass, to be honest.]

[So you resurrected me? And my mother? Will she find me down here?]

[Ugh... Yes. And yes. The better question is why she didn't already come here.]

[Why is that? She is still fighting those spider people up there.]

[Kid. It took me like five weeks to piece you back together. If your mother were able to get here, she would've already come.]

The crunching of bones stopped, and all my senses started working again. To my shock, there is a hill sized chunk of feathers in front of me. Actually. It's a feathered snake.

[I know of you!]

[Of course, you do. You got memories of your mother. And I am the dragon she beat the most. You may guess why a sky dragon resides within a cave, when there is a perfectly fine mountain range here.]