Knowledge and Power: Reborn into a society that only values strength.

'There's no point in competing with that… Even if I win it wouldn't matter. It would just make him feel more… Helpless…' I sighed. 'Trapped in an unforgiving environment and forced to follow along with someone else's plan every single day no matter how much you hate it… Ironically I know that feeling quite well…'

He growled again. "Don't try to sympathize with me, human!"

"AGH! STOP READING MY MIND!"

He finally smiled. "Does that make you an angry puny girl?"

"SO WHAT IF IT DOES! You said you wanted me to get angry, didn't you? Maybe I should just crush you into a little ball with my dark magic and never bother manipulating my soul again so you can never escape…"

He stepped closer, staring down at me and letting out a puff of air that blew my hair straight back and made me close my eyes, taking everything I had not to run away. "You are pretending… You won't actually do that… Not unless I kill someone close to you… Or do something even more horrible. Perhaps if I mated with that man instead of using him as a chew toy… Even your teeth are a disgrace or he'd be nothing but dog food." After a moment his nose twitched and he stuck out his tongue. "Bleh… Yet another reason I hate you. Do you have any idea what it's like for me to be in a female body? To feel what you feel when you react to seeing a powerful man… Blegh…" He gaged again

"Yeah… I can see the issue there… But to be fair… You were the one in control when my body attacked Kal. Thoughts aside that was on you…"

It roared even louder than before and stomped the ground, gagging, and breathing fire to help calm himself. "This is why your body disgusts me!"

'Because you're a big perv…'

"I am not a creepy perverted monster!"

I crossed my arms. "It's not always fun reading my thoughts is it…"

He growled and snarled again, breathing fire more until the rock underneath began to melt. Then he finally calmed down, slowly catching his breath. "You humans say that dragons feel everything 10 times more deeply than humans do, but this also means that our bodies do not need so many hormones to trigger responses… Just because I get 10 times more horny than you with 10 times less stimulation doesn't mean I'm perverted!"

'I'm starting to regret coming here at all…' "You might want to rethink that argument…" He growled again, snorting, breathing fire, and then lying on the ground like a dog running in circles and throwing a tantrum that it couldn't catch its tail. 'Well, at least he's consistent… But it's starting to get unbearably hot here… His fire can melt rock… Cnam ine do that?'

"When I took control of your body last time, your body was in a state that made me unable to control myself… I may have in your body but I might as well have been unconscious…"

"I-it wasn't that bad!" 'No way it was bad right?'

He growled and turned away.

"OH, So NOW we don't have to look each other in the eyes!"

He just growled again.

'Is he embarrassed? No… That makes sense… I'm still embarrassed about it and he was the one that did it… If we are the same soul in any way of course he would be…'

He growled even louder. "AGH!!! SHUT UP. YOU THINK TOO LOUDLY!"

I yelped, hiccuping and trying to keep my eyes from watering in the dry heat. "S-sorry…"

"Egh… Great… Even in this realm, you're still just as pathetic. AND I TOLD YOU TO STOP APOLOGISING!"

I covered my mouth, staying quiet… Aside from the hiccups that leaked out every so often… 'Maybe I can make these go away? I can control anything in here right?'

After a few more hiccups I stopped them the same way I made new clothes. 'Cool… I should wrap this up before he yells at me more and I start crying or something dumb…' "Ok. So to recap. You want me to get angry more often, Care less about others' opinions, stop apologizing so often… Stop being attracted to me… Oh, and think quieter… Anything else?"

He growled. "I don't want any of that… You would be unable to change in those ways anyway… I just don't want to be angry anymore…"

'Ironic…' "Look at you, being all honest and stuff."

"I hate you…"

"I know." 'let's see… So he's tired of being mad all the time? Is he just angry all the time because–"

"Fine human. I will explain this rationally for you so you will understand… I am a dragon, trapped in the body of a human. I am a man, forced to feel what a girl feels… And I am extremely confused because it's very clear that I am also still me… Which makes it incredibly confusing when I see you naked… Or is it us…

I let out an uncomfortable groan. 'I thought that he was less than 2 percent of a soul… Not a fully conscious person…'

"I'm a young soul with 2% of the information of the original imprinted on me… Which is why I know the dwarven runes of power. That's why I don't know my old name, but I know the kind of woman I like."

I let out another even more uncomfortable groan. "Feel free to not tell me that…"

"A girl with a slender neck and blue fire, with deep crimson scales. That's what I want. Although… I can't even remember what my wife looked like… I hope she looked like that… Otherwise, I'm a horrible husband."

'This guy is a mess… It's still so hot… The air feels like it's burning…' I changed how I was sitting so that my knees would be in front of my chest. "If you like 40-foot-tall dragon ladies with long tails then why did you say you were attracted to me?

He stuck his tongue out. "Blegh…"

I let my head fall to the side. 'My poor self-esteem…' 

"I never said anything like that…"

"O-ok… But if you aren't then why is seeing me naked a problem… We're not even the same species… Also. I can read your mind… I know what you meant when you said you were "confused."

He let out a deep growl but stopped before breathing fire and relaxed. "Dragons can take on human form, combine that with the fact that I inhabit a human body, and of course, I'd have a human type as well… You're… Not that at all… But you are still a girl…"

I sighed. "I'd ask you not to tell me what your type is… But I have a feeling I already know…"

"A tall slender woman with red hair and ample curves, strong muscles but even more fat to accentuate the figure, and a slender waist that reminds you of a dragon's belly. HUGE legs thick as tails and a small face."

'And he told me anyway…' I sighed again. "Well hey, I have the red hair down I guess…"

"Blegh…"

"OH COME ON!"

He growled. "I DON'T WANT TO BE ATTRACTED TO THE BODY THAT I'M IN…"

"Ok, that's fair…" My voice quieted to a mumble. "But you don't have to be so mean about it…" 

"The only reason I feel anything is because my memories are clouded, and technically speaking yours is the only naked body I have seen, so of course I would still react to it despite its unfavorable appearance."

'Wow… Is this why people say negative self-talk is bad for your mental health? Then again… This probably isn't what those people had in mind…' Feeling admittedly… A little down… I sighed and moved on. 'Really the main issue is just that he's a guy… And neither of us can change that… Wait… "Hold on… So if dragons can change into humans… Then can't you change my body to be more like you, when you are when you're in control?" I quickly shut my mouth. 'Wait NO! I don't want that!'

"Hm… Unlikely… The ability to change into humans was a gift from God. We are unable to change into animals, elves, or dwarves, and certainly not able to change or sex… The difference between males and females is double that in dragons than it is in humans. Although, I could change your body to be more my taste. Hm… Something like that should be simple."

"Wha-where Are you looking right now?"

Rolling his eyes he turned away again.

'I have a bad feeling about this…' "I thought you said you didn't want to be attracted to your own body…"

He let out another powerful snort. This time seemingly proud, instead of agitated. "It's far better than being attracted to a man… Besides, I may be inhabiting your body, but it isn't mine."

'So creepy…'

"I AM NOT CREEPY!"

'And he called me disgusting?'