A Lady and a Dragon

I sat in Sarah’s car, staring at my knees for a long moment. There was something horrible welling up inside me, some kind of swollen bubble of sorrow and confusion and a little bit of fear that maybe, just maybe, my purpose in the universe was less noble than I’d always presumed it to be. My chest tightened as the bubble inflated, becoming engorged with my own self-awareness.

“I think I have to tell you something.”