PoT: Swallow the Moon: Zoology and Mythology

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Zoology and Mythology

Some friendly bickering within the Rikkai team. Drama, I-2

They were all getting off the bus, stretching and exchanging dinner plans, when Masaharu heard Yanagi ask Kirihara, softly, "So which are you going to be, Akaya? A tiger cub, or the boy who swallowed a dragon pearl?"

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[branchandroot]

Thank you!

*considers* The Yukimura-dragon thing may trace back to me. The tiger, though... *grins* That's another Chinese legendry reference, which made it across to Japan as part of the martial arts traditions--the dragon and the tiger tend to be complementary opposites, and opponents.

The elf actually surprised me, on this one. I hadn't expected him to pick that way. *proud of him*