No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

Before you and Jessie can do anything else, you hear the dragoness saying something in the distance outside the cave, a tone of alarm in her voice. "Oh, come on," you mutter to yourself as you slowly turn around to face the entrance - you can't remember the last time you and Jessie had such an intimate moment. You're already anxious to try this again the next time the dragon leaves.

Your frustration turns to concern, however, when the dragoness blunders her way into the cave, out of breath and clearly distressed. "What's going on?" you ask.

"There's... there's..." the dragon sputters, small embers floating from her mouth as she gasps for breath. "There's no food!"

You hear Jessie chime in almost immediately, surprised and clearly worried: "No food? What do you mean, no food?" Her mountainous stomach grumbles ominously underneath you, as if on cue, and you hang on tight to Jessie's fur as the vibrations threaten to knock you off.

"I mean I can't... *huff* ...can't find any food!" the dragoness replies. "All the animals just *huff* disappeared when the snow started falling! They're *huff* usually everywhere, but I can't find *huff* so much as a rabbit now!"

"What... will we eat, though?" Jessie asks, a tone of panic rising in her own voice. She's grown used to her big meals already, it seems.

"Okay, everyone calm down," you say matter-of-factly. "I find it hard to believe every animal in this forest just up and disappeared all at once. You probably just had a bad hunting trip is all."

"This never happens, though!" The dragon is clearly frustrated, smoke shooting from her nostrils in a snort.

"We'll just try again. Jessie and I will go hunt as well, and I'm sure between the three of us-"

"I..." Jessie interrupts, "I think I'm too fat to move, sweetie. Can I just stay here?"

You start again. "...the two of us can find what we need."

With that, you give Jessie one last snuggle and ponderously lift yourself up off Jessie's body, dropping to the floor with an earthshaking thud. You test your legs - you're nearly spherical and your stomach and butt both touch the ground, but your feet still reach dirt and, though quite difficult, you can still walk - and head out into the now snowy forest, the dragoness in tow.

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A few hours later...

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