Xavier

How many assignments was he assigned today? The spiral couldn't be bothered to remember. He preferred it this way. He didn't have to talk to any other dragons and that was probably for the better. His co-workers left him alone yesterday and returned to find him experiencing a severe nervous breakdown trying to balance serving his clan mates and perform his duties.

Perhaps he was back on that track. When Xavier returned to his quarters, he continued working on his own personal projects until he abruptly fell asleep and was now busy cleaning the floors, while managing the clan's inventory, and analyzing any trends he seemed to notice in the clan's cash flow and...

Xavier paused for a moment when he noticed a crumpled up piece of paper. And then another...and another. And another!?

This could only mean one thing...he felt his throat tighten, as he cautiously slithered down the hall. He scanned the area, calling out hello with his raspy and shaky voice. He felt something brush up against his leg, and he screamed! The spiral turned around to find an albino coatl staring at him with a patient smile.

"Oh, it's you..." the spiral sighed in relief. He was regular here, always getting something Strain needed to train the new recruits. He was quiet. Never caused a problem before. Xavier hoped it stayed that way.

"What do you need? I'm very busy today," he told him, hoping he didn't come off as too snobbish. The coatl tugged at him a certain way, leading him directly down to the break room. There was some food set out for him along with a note telling him not to over exert himself.

Xavier smiled at the gesture. He guessed his meltdown yesterday might have been heard by everyone in the clan...

"I'll be fine..." he started but was cut off as the coatl nuzzled him. Xavier blushed deeply, trying hard to hide his face, but he noticed the coatl quietly laughing to himself.

"Stop it!" He whined. The coatl just sat down and gestured the spiral to do the same. He turned around. He had work he needed to do after all! He needed work to do.

That was when he felt the coatl pulling him back. Xavier tried to fight it, but he was much too strong. He was shoved into the chair, as the coatl sat opposite to him. The coatl pointed to his note again and handed Xavier some peculiar...tasty looking insects.

Well...He wasn't going anywhere anytime soon. Maybe he could make a report on this later...so he decided to dig in. He eventually found himself face to face with the coatl, again. It was then he realized, coatls don't eat insects, do they?

"Then did you do this just for me?" The spiral asked, touched that someone would do this. He nodded. The spiral hesitantly approached the coatl, causing the coatl to tilt his head as if to question Xavier. The spiral leaned in and nuzzled the coatl, which caused the coatl to return the favor.

"I must get back to work..." Xavier began, "But...maybe you could stop by later? I get off in two hours." The coatl sprang up and nodded fervently, with his cheeks now also turning a deep shade of red.