We both laughed. I was dying to see Dad’s dragon form too, and kept a close watch on the screen.
Lucian did a few swipes on the tablet that was in his hand and on the screen it looked like a Game of Thrones episode. Dad just took one of the character’s places, and the old setting feel got replaced with modern times. That was how real it looked.
The gate on the far corner opened, and a huge beasty walked out. His scales glinted in the sun as two prominent horns laid flat on his head.
Dad chuckled. “Oh, man, this is amazing.”
“Yeah, you need to get ready, Jako. That beasty might be Metallic, but in the sim, none of them rolls over,” Lucian said.
“You serious?”
“Do I detect a bit of fear, Dad? Yet you want to push me in there.”
“It’s a sim, Elena, not the real thing.” Dad looked like a modern-age gladiator in the ring as the beast walked closer. He was magnificent.
“That is what you really look like?”
“Yep, now you understand why you couldn’t handle it.”
“I was ten. You are sort of beautiful.”
He didn’t reply.
“You ready, Jako?” Lucian’s voice popped through the speakers inside my earphones.
“Yeah, I’m ready.”
The beast stood in front of Dad. He was a giant.
I watched how Dad evaded him. He jumped on the boulders, and everything to get away from him.
Finally, Dad was on his back, and my gaze shot back at Lucian.How the heck?
Lucian chuckled as I took off my earphones and went to the window.
Mechanical wires attached themselves to the suit, like a claw hanging from the ceiling, assisting Dad with the movements that weren’t possible.
Dad wrestled with nothing as he dangled in the air. The snaky arms that were attached to his suit were working overtime.
I looked back at the screen and it looked so real, the way Dad pulled on the dragon’s horns and ears. I slid back down on the chair and put the earphones on my head.
Background noise of people in the crowd cheering him on and Dad’s grunting filled my ears.
The beasty growled and swung from side to side. Eventually, he went down with Dad on top of him.
Big fat letters on the screen spelled YIELD.
“Whoa, that was fun.”
Lucian and I chuckled.
“See, Bear, not that hard.”
“I’m not ready yet.”
“You’ll get there. I promise.”
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