Casey watched the tongue still out and sensing and resisted the urge to tap it like they would with a dog or cat that had forgotten to pull it back into their mouths. Gabriel definitely wasn't an animal and shouldn't be treated like one... but he definitely was gorgeous regardless of form. They weren't used to seeing dragons in general, so maybe it was the exoticism speaking? Hard to say when they were still just taking in the whole situation.

"Are dragons not as prideful as everyone says?" That was the only logical conclusion. If dragons didn't like the attention, then they must have been very shy and used the reputation to their advantage. "But... but you're dating me. Isn't that weird? Most people think it's weird."