"Come on..."
Noah pulled himself upward. His boots desperately searched for gaps between the enormous scales.
ROOOOOAAAAARRRRR!!!
Akari's roar ripped through the heavens. The sheer vibration traveled through her entire body.
"Argh!"
Noah's teeth rattled. Then she accelerated.
BOOM!
The dragon tore through the air with such force that the clouds around her were blown apart.
"FUCK!!"
Noah flattened himself against her body. His arms screamed from the strain.
Wind battered him relentlessly while rain struck his skin like tiny projectiles He couldn't even properly open his eyes.
Still, he continued.
One scale, then another and then another.
Akari's hind leg alone was enormous. Noah felt less like he was climbing a living creature and more like he was scaling the side of some moving fortress.
His progress was painfully slow. But eventually, he reached the upper portion of her leg.
"Almost..."
Noah reached upward.
ROOOOOAAAARRR!!
