Terra and Felix are working tirelessly to find out how to free Terra from his pendant's relentless powers, causing him to uncontrollably gain weight with no end in sight.
On the other hand, who ever said gaining weight was a bad thing...

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A shelf of neatly arranged, although rather dusty books, was lined up directly to Terra’s left. To his right, a more haphazard array of the magical texts lay strewn all over the stone floor. He snapped shut the current book in his paws and lightly tossed it into the messy pile. Another useless one.

“Hey, be careful with those!”

Terra turned to see Felix curled up on the opposite side of the room with his own much neater stack of books. The fat blue dragon halted his steady consumption of text to stare up at Terra for a second, his extra chins wobbling from the slight movements of his neck. “These are ancient! Some of them might be fragile!”

“You said they’re magical. They’ll be fine…” Terra was interrupted by a huge yawn. His binge earlier had threatened to put him into a food coma, but even though he’d fought to stay awake, reading all these dusty old books was just so boring. It was definitely more Felix’s thing. “Don’t you think we can move on from these anyway? We’ve been in the same room for hours. There could be more specific books elsewhere in this huge temple.”

Of course, Terra was also the one with the reason to hurry. As the necklace forced his body to digest calories at a faster rate, he needed to find a way to get it off before he grew any larger. Not to mention, it was already starting to make him feel hungry again, despite the heavy gorging he’d done just hours ago. Although Felix was being sympathetic toward him, even the large blue dragon couldn’t possibly know what it was like to crave food quite this much.

Terra took a moment to look down and inspect himself again, still in shock at how quickly his body had morphed from a relatively average feral dragon—admittedly, quite on the heavy side, due to endless snacking on the huge quantities of food the village began sending his way—into the giant doughball he was quickly becoming. When he sat back on his haunches, his flabby gut spilled before him, sagging too low to get his forepaws underneath even when he leaned back. His arms weren’t even having as much luck bending anymore, every movement creating soft creases and folds in the scaly flesh, the packed on adipose of each blubbery limb getting in the way of itself.

“You can go to another room if you want,” Felix suddenly interrupted his thoughts. Felix’s own blubbery body was sprawled across the floor as he lounged with his books. Although, Terra’s body wasn’t really looking all too different from his by now due to Terra’s extensive growth, much to the earth-dragon’s concern. The other dragon’s yellow underside bulged between his limbs, each rounded roll taking up extra space on his scaly frame. “I’ll stay here and finish up with these.”

Terra just nodded, grateful for the help.

Despite either of the dragons’ determination, though, their efforts weren’t paying off. After endless reading, Terra was not only tired, but his stomach was eventually ravenous. Still, he was too afraid of getting stuck in the tunnel again to go searching for food. He simply had to deal with the increased growling of his stomach as he searched room after room of books, browsing each one for some hint of how to remove the magic pendant.

Soon, Felix joined him in the current temple chamber, also in need of a break after searching endless rows of books. When it came to studying, even Felix had his limits. “Any luck?”

Terra groaned. “Not yet.” He glanced around at the current room full of shelves upon shelves of books, thinking about the infinite number left. “This is going to take forever!” To punctuate, his stomach also growled loudly a moment later, the magic pendant obviously eager to get to work on his next huge meal.

“Maybe we should take a break.” Felix genuinely looked concerned for the smaller dragon. Well, the ‘smaller’ dragon that wasn’t quite so small anymore. “I could go for some food, too, and maybe we’ll be able to focus better if we feel refreshed.”

Slowly, Terra nodded. He was worried that eating would trigger the necklace again, but it had been a long time since he’d last eaten by now, right? It would be just like having a single normal meal, instead of a mindless influx of gorging. At least, that’s what he tried to tell himself. “Makes sense.”

The two hefty ferals began to make their way back to the entrance of the underground temple. The going was slow as they waddled carefully through the rooms full of books they’d already passed, but they were spurred onward by their increasing hunger.

Terra was annoyed by the slow, slight waddle he’d developed as his legs were pushed farther apart by his sagging gut. The earth-dragon was getting particularly impatient with their lack of progress. Fortunately, though, the exercise was brief. As the two obese dragons passed through the exit of the temple into the huge cave where it resided, they were met by a confusing sight.

A small group of anthros was exploring the entrance tunnel that led back to Felix’s huge lair. They startled when the huge dragons emerged and immediately began hurrying toward them at their own brisk waddles. “Oh, you’re here!”

“Um… yes.” Felix sounded as confused as Terra felt. “And why are you?”

An anthro bear from the middle of the group eagerly stepped forward. “When we saw that neither of you had returned last night, we were worried you might not come back!” he exclaimed. “We decided to set up a search, thinking something happened to you two.”

“There was no need,” Terra assured him and the other anthros of the group. “We were just…” He realized he wasn’t sure what to tell them. He didn’t think it would be a good idea to divulge his current ‘problem’ quite yet. “We found out this place is full of ancient knowledge, and we’ve been studying it,” he said. It was kind of true anyway.

“Oh,” the bear nodded, readjusting the straining straps of his suspenders in a way that made his entire gut bounce. Fluffy rolls of pudge were spilling out of his clothes in every possible way. It was no mystery why the anthros would be concerned if the dragons left, since without their prosperous powers, the overabundance of food that graced the nearby village would immediately end. “Well, we appreciate having both of you around, so it’s good to hear you two have found something fun to do,” he chuckled.

Terra decided not to mention they weren’t doing this for ‘fun’, but it was better left unsaid. He supposed it was at least true enough that neither of them would be leaving any time soon. Not with this magic pendant strapped around his neck. “Well, sorry to give you a scare. We didn’t get lost.”

“It’s no problem at all.” The bear waved one of his chubby paws dismissively. Even his arm fat jiggled. “Anyway, we’re happy to cater to your every need, so we can bring the food farther down the tunnel if you wish.”

Felix’s head immediately perked up at the suggestion. “That would be wonderful!” Of course neither of the plump dragons would say no to having easy access to food.

The anthros set off back through the entrance of the tunnel they’d followed, their huge, chunky legs brushing by each other, their guts jiggling with each step, and their arms pressed outward as they rested upon the mountains of rolls that bulged from their sides. It was quite clear they were benefiting from keeping the feral dragons well-fed and happy, since they continued to bring them such prosperity. Terra didn’t blame them for checking up on the two of them. And they certainly wouldn’t reject the anthros’ help!

His roaring stomach almost prompted him to follow them out in search of food, but after a night of wandering around studying old books, the amount of walking it would take to get all the way outside seemed just too much. “I think I might take a nap or something,” he said instead.

“I could also go for a rest,” Felix agreed. When he nodded, all of the extra flab shook on his long neck. His incredibly large body was probably hungry too, although he didn’t mention it. “We could probably just sleep right here. We’re safe enough.”

Terra immediately agreed, more than happy to just lie down where he stood and take the pressure of his extra weight off his paws. No sooner did he lie down did the full brunt of his exhaustion finally catch up with him, and he drifted off to sleep.

~~~

When Terra awakened, he realized it was the scent of food that had drawn him out of his dreams. He’d already been dreaming of food, so at first he didn’t think anything of it, but snapped to alertness the moment his senses told him it was real. He glanced around quickly, driven by his insatiable hunger. To his pleasant surprise, he saw almost a dozen food carts being pulled through the opening of the tunnel, anthros panting with exertion as their heavy pudgy paws carried them forward with the strain of the food carts adding extra weight and effort.

Terra would have leapt to his feet if he could. What he managed instead was a slow, ponderous scrabbling against the ground to right himself and get to his paws. It was then that he quickly waddled over. “What’s all this?”

“We are happy to do anything we can accommodate you, so we’re trying to make things easier,” a fox from the group assured him, helping organize the placement of the food carts. “Feeding you is really no trouble!” He smiled up at the brown earth-dragon, although it was somewhat lost in his chubby cheeks, his eyes squinting as the pudge bulged. “You two must be hungry from studying, so we decided it would be best to bring the entire carts straight here for your convenience.”

The large brown feral tried not to actively drool as he stared at the food being brought out before him. The scents of meats, dairy, fresh bakery items, and more immediately assaulted his nostrils, and he could only nod in thanks, at this point barely able to contain himself.

“How wonderful!” said Felix, coming to his aid. He wasn’t wasting any time either, obviously hungry himself. The anthros had barely stepped away before the two feral dragons rushed at the food.

As had become rather usual, Terra quickly found himself lost in the feeding frenzy, driven to eat endlessly through everything available. He tore hungrily at the meats first, as his instincts told him to, but didn’t waste any time moving on to more filling carbs such as loaves of bread and rolls that sat heavily in his gut. The ever-increasing amount of food the villagers brought was also playing a role in his ever-increasing waistline, even before the necklace took effect, the scales of his belly stretching wide to hold the sheer volume of his gluttony. Even when he was finally almost full, he was able to take some deep drinks of water and keep going. It was actually a while before he realized that all of the food was gone, his searching snout turning up nothing left behind.

Felix and Terra watched in awe again as the pendant around Terra’s neck began to glow, the bulge of food on his midsection flattening slightly when his body began to rapidly digest all of the extra calories and disperse them throughout his rounded form. The thick rings of fat around every section of his body widened ever so slightly right before their eyes. Piles of pudge became more pronounced, the soft folds between them becoming just a bit deeper. The adipose was increasingly noticeable everywhere it accumulated.

“Incredible.”

Terra rolled his eyes. “I guess that’s one way to put it.” He wasn’t even doing anything himself. It was all because of the magic necklace he’d naively put around his neck. “Let’s just keep looking for answers.”

The other dragon nodded, although he continued to marvel at Terra’s body the entire time the earth-dragon struggled to waddle back to the temple. He quickly found himself panting, although they were practically already there. It was just getting harder and harder to move his squishy limbs past each other, never mind his steadily increasing belly.

The two dragons quickly resumed poring through the endless temple of books. They looked through any books they could find, even ones that seemed irrelevant, desperate to figure out how to remove Terra’s pendant.

Pretty soon, days and days at a time were spent reading. Except for when the two hefty ferals would pause for food, of course. The anthro townsfolk continued to bring the food carts down the tunnels, leaving them right outside the temple for the dragons’ convenience. Terra began to feel a bit bad about that, actually. Felix had been helping him tirelessly, without even pausing to go spread his wings in the sunlight. Now there were a whole bunch of people tramping through Felix’s cave every few hours. In his own cave, Terra would have gotten sick of that pretty fast.

However, Felix didn’t seem to mind. If anything, he actually seemed more driven than Terra had ever seen him, absolutely captivated by the massive store of knowledge that had lain buried in these books at the back of his home all this time. A new book never failed to make his eyes light up with interest. Terra envied that.

Terra also appreciated that Felix was being such a great friend. Back when Terra was a more fit, athletic dragon, if someone had asked him to give up his freedom and life outside, he would have shied away from the idea. Fortunately, both dragons were quickly growing accustomed to life underground.

~~~

“Any luck?” Terra sighed as he made his way toward the large cushioned platform in the center of the temple’s main room. As the days passed, he and Felix had begun spending more and more of their time in the central chamber of the temple. It was the largest area.

“Same as always.” The large blue dragon shook his head. Admittedly, the term ‘large’ had become relative, since Felix wasn’t exactly the largest dragon around these days.

It took all of Terra’s effort to haul himself onto the cushioned surface, and he wasn’t quite successful the first few attempts. His belly hung so low now that it partially prevented him from stepping onto it, his limbs so ponderous with poundage that they couldn’t move as freely as he needed. He huffed and panted as he pushed himself up and sluggishly wriggled his way onto the soft, worn surface, every spare roll of his body jiggling with each movement. Had moving always been this hard? Terra could barely remember a life when he wasn’t struggling to get around, even though they’d only been down here for one week, and he’d only put on the pendant barely a week before that.

With the magic help of the pendant, a week was more than enough time for its powers to completely change his life. Every meal, every bite he took, every extra calorie on his tongue—all of it became fat the moment it reached his stomach. The anthros almost never left the two dragons alone at this point, dropping off a steady supply of food outside the temple unprompted. They seemed more than happy to do so, looking as wide and round as ever, all practically blimps in their own right. The dragons only had to go through the long stony hallways and get it. Although, more and more often, Terra had been asking Felix to just bring some carts inside for the both of them, while the earth-dragon continued to lie around and read since it was getting so exhausting for him to move. He tried not to feel guilty, since the blue and yellow dragon seemed so eager to help.

Not that Felix was unaffected by the situation. While Terra lay around all day, eating as the pendant desired, Felix kept eating as he desired, freely stuffing himself on the abundance of the town’s generous offerings. He’d altered his own figure quite a bit by now, every spare inch of his body softer and pudgier than ever. His midsection was absolutely bulging at all times, his own wide belly hanging quite low these days as he struggled to waddle around. Terra had certainly surpassed him in size, growing in leaps and bounds, but Felix was still steadily gaining due to their new sedentary lifestyle. Even without the help of magic, he hadn’t fallen too far behind Terra’s growth just yet.

“I can’t believe how many books we’ve gone through, and still found out nothing else about the pendant,” Terra grumbled as he flipped a page of the latest book he’d hauled onto the cushion before climbing up himself. It was only a half-hearted complaint, though. He’d actually grown accustomed to long hours spent reading, especially without any outdoor stimulation to keep him from getting bored, and he was beginning to find poring through the treasure trove of knowledge at their disposal somewhat enjoyable.

“As far as I can tell, it’s not mentioned in any of the other books we’ve found about farming techniques, either,” Felix reported. “Although the original book we found about the necklace seemed to be more about the pendant’s magic, rather than the prosperity of their farms, if we’re being honest.”

“Yeah, I gave up on farming books,” Terra murmured absentmindedly. “I grabbed some of those magic-books you love, to look through those, but even though they’re interesting, they don’t seem to have what we’re looking for.”

He glanced up at the sound of Felix laughing. “What?”

All of the pudge and rolls encasing the blue feral’s body quaked and bounced even after he’d finished laughing. The sagging flab of his chest shook with each breath. “I’ve just never heard you describe any book as ‘interesting’,” Felix snorted.

Terra rolled his eyes.

“Anyway, you’re right.” Felix shook his head in agreement, causing another cascade of ripples through all of the bulging folds fighting for room on his blimping body. “Although, I’ve checked out quite a few of the magic books myself, and most of them seem equally unrelated.”

“There’s probably millions here,” Terra pointed out. He didn’t think he was exaggerating. The various corridors of the temple went deep, far beyond what either of the two hefty ferals had even explored just yet. There could be endless books down there. Endless corridors. Endless information to dig through. “There has to be something,” he insisted. He didn’t want to seem impatient, but so far, he felt like they’d wasted an awful lot of time on nothing. It had been a week already, and he sure wasn’t getting any smaller.

Even so, as he got back to reading and let his head be propped up by this many chinfolds as it sank back into the flab of his neck, he couldn’t help but be grateful for how comfortable it felt. In the otherwise cold, drafty temple, his massive body filled the space with heat, keeping him cozy as he rested upon the cushioned platform like a round, precious gem.

It’s really not so bad, he thought absently, although a moment later he was surprised by the thought. Before ever finding the village and settling down nearby, he’d never imagined a day in his life that he would enjoy lazing around and reading. Now, as he was inundated with food, rest, and an entire village of anthros ready to cater to his every need, he realized that he was really, really beginning to like the attention.

He glanced over at Felix. He also really liked having a friend.

“What?” Felix blinked in confusion.

Terra realized that he’d been staring. “I’m just thinking about how lucky I am,” he said vaguely.

The blue dragon seemed satisfied with the answer and went back to reading. Terra could see that the other dragon was slouching down into his own soft rolls like a pillow, just like Terra. Instead of judging Felix’s size like he had in the past, though, Terra was finally learning to appreciate just how good it felt, his own body pooling around him as his weight pressed down, his sides spreading wide over the cushion, even the pudge of his shoulders bunching up off his back like a curvy mountain range. He was soft all over, even more so than Felix ever had been.

And it felt good.

~~~

Terra huffed and panted as the rich fat of his meaty dinner graced his tongue, barely stopping to chew as his hunger demanded he eat even faster. More food, more. He was rushing to satisfy his body’s impulses, struggling to even keep up.
The earth-dragon had to stretch his neck far by now to reach the side of the food carts, the puffing pudge of his own soft chest bulging too far in front of him to get as close as he wanted. The amount of fat sagging off his arms and shoulders melded into even wider rings of lard, slowly encroaching upon the length of his neck so that it began to look like there might not actually be a neck hidden beneath the fat at all. As he stood, his belly rested heavily on the ground beneath him, never quite able to leave it. Not long ago, it had started as merely being too round from bloating after his meal, but day by day the fat continued to build, and now the ground was a constant presence grazing his underside. Even his lardy tail rested heavily behind him, barely mobile itself these days, although the tip still flicked happily from time to time as he gorged until his gut felt swollen and full.

As always, he was startled to find that the food cart was almost immediately empty. His feeding frenzies had become more intense as he hungered almost constantly, filling his belly, sleeping off the food coma, and waking up hungry for more.

“Another one?” Felix chuckled, gesturing at the now-empty cart. “That one was fast.”

A week ago, Terra would have looked at him sheepishly and made excuses for his gluttony. A week ago, when he’d had to worry about things as trivial as curbing his appetite so he could still haul his weight onto the cushioned platform from time to time. A week ago, when he spent any time shuffling his weight around the temple corridors at all.

Now, he rarely left the room, practically just rolling off the cushion whenever Felix brought food carts directly into the chamber for him. The blue dragon could clearly see how ponderous it was getting for Terra to move as he continued to grow larger, and was happy to help.

“I don’t suppose you expect me to bring all these back myself!” Felix laughed. To be honest, he was only half-joking; there were three empty food carts in the chamber already that Felix had dragged in himself, and unless the two dragons began letting the anthros into their temple, he’d continuously have to drag them back out so he could grab another full one on the way back in. He was the one who had the most luck walking around, after all. Not that he was skinny by any means.

Even though Terra’s body had blimped at an incredible rate, Felix hadn’t escaped a fair amount of calories himself. The blue dragon’s waddle had slowed considerably, the blubber on his sides bouncing back and forth with his short, careful steps. His tail dragged lazily behind him, incredibly thick at the base and barely thinning out during its length, covered in its own collection of folds whenever he curled it in the slightest. Each thunderous pawstep was muffled by the thick, stony floor, but they were very clearly still heavy, since the fat sagging down his arms and legs quivered and shook with each step.

“We could begin letting the anthros bring them to the room,” Terra reluctantly suggested. They’d actually already talked about it a few times throughout the week, ever since the anthros had discovered the cavern, but the two ferals were worried about what might happen if they just let the townspeople freely explore their collection of books. Everything had a particular place on the shelves right now, methodically being worked through by Terra and Felix’s efforts. Terra personally didn’t want a single one out of place, and he was pretty sure Felix felt the same way.

Not that he was doing as much reading these days, he thought as he lifted a book from a nearby pile. He could only reach it with one paw since the incredible girth of blubber on his chest only smooshed up when he tried to bring his limbs near each other, keeping them apart. He did his best to slide the book up onto the cushion ahead of him so it would be easily within reach.

“Maybe we can wait on that,” Felix hesitantly replied, which was what he said last time, so Terra decided to let it go.

Instead, he turned away from the empty food cart toward the cushioned platform, which was hardly more than a few steps away from his bulky body. He barely bothered leaving it anymore, except that he could reach the food carts better from the ground, so it was pure necessity. Terra panted at the brief exercise of taking several shuffling steps toward it and prepared to drag himself back up while Felix took hold of the most recent cart and pulled it away for him.

It was a slow process, Terra’s puffy pawpads resting heavily on the platform before he’d even begun to lean on it, the sheer weight of his arm causing an indent in the soft surface. The limb was more akin to a sausage now, the encompassing fat sagging from his impossibly wide shoulders all the way to pool around his paws, leaving them barely visible underneath. When he finally shifted his bulk to drag his other paw onto the platform, his chest immediately squished against the edge, the fat deeply creasing to accommodate the side of the cushion pressing against it. Pulling his weight forward with his forepaws was the next step, the drooping lard of his frontside slowing his ascent as it pressed more firmly against the side of the platform, although the bloating from his most recent binge, barely minutes ago, was already diminishing. His body was visibly swelling even as he climbed.

Terra was startled to feel paws on his plush rump a second later, the slight jump making his entire body bounce and jiggle.

“I’ll help you up,” Felix said from behind him.

Terra tried to nod, although the slight movement of his head made his neck rolls bunch and fold, getting in the way of each other. “Thanks! I could really use the help these days.” He laughed a bit awkwardly. For the first time in a while, he actually did find himself getting a bit embarrassed, but only because he was putting so much strain on the blue dragon lately. Felix did practically everything for him at this point, ever since moving had become so hard. As always, the blue feral didn’t seem to mind.

Terra felt his body slowly squeeze over the edge of the platform with Felix’s helpful pushing, Terra’s own limbs practically useless as they could barely touch down on it anymore. He did wriggle a bit to shift his weight, inching himself farther onto the cushion, his hind legs trying to reach past his bulbous belly to touch the platform and help pull himself the rest of the way on top. When his paws finally touched down on the sides of the platform, barely able to due to his wide, curved sides pressed out beneath him, he finally got his footing and was able to scramble the rest of the way, his swollen belly still dragging heavily beneath him until he could roll back into his favorite position on the vast platform. He sighed as he relaxed his head into his neck folds, allowing the softness to envelop it.

“I’ll finish moving these outside,” Felix offered, waddling back over to the food carts. Terra wondered if the exercise of pulling food-laden carts around was part of the reason Felix had fallen behind in his weight gain. Although, Terra knew it had more to do with his pendant accelerating his own growth, of course. Felix only seemed small by comparison; in reality, he was still almost as huge.

“Thanks for all the help.” The obese earth-dragon relaxed as he watched the blubbery blue feral disappear through the opening of the chamber and down the corridor, his yellow wings standing out brightly against his darker hide, but slowly being swallowed up by pudge themselves. It was unclear whether or not they’d remain visible if he eventually became Terra’s size. The brown feral realized he actually wasn’t sure what his own back looked like anymore, or really any part of him that wasn’t directly in front. He could barely bend in any direction, his rolls of lard bunching up to restrict his movement, and the chub of his cheeks bulged far enough to obstruct part of his vision anyway.

He reached for the book he’d thrown up on the cushion earlier, his body wobbling as he struggled to reach past all of the pillowy fat weighing heavily on his arm. Finally clutching it in one paw, he expertly flipped the pages with his thumb, his sharp feral eyes able to see the print without bringing it directly to his face. It sure was a good thing, because he couldn’t have brought it any closer if he’d wanted to. He realized a moment later that it was also another magic book, making it even easier to read.

Like all the others they’d come across over the weeks, this one had absolutely nothing to do with the pendant. It appeared to be a simple spellbook of some sort. He flipped lazily through the pages, slowing whenever he came across one that seemed interesting. Some of them seemed downright useless, and there were even others that seemed to be just for fun.

His eyes fell across one in particular that seemed to include telekinesis. “I sure could use some of that,” he chuckled to himself out loud. Imagine, doing whatever he wanted while barely having to lift a claw? He could spend all day lounging in bed if he ever learned a skill like that.

Terra suddenly had an idea.

It was a while later that Felix waddled in with the next food cart, only to find Terra sitting with a pile of gems from around the room on his cushion. The blue feral obviously couldn’t hide the surprise on his face, since it seemed unlikely that the impossibly large earth-dragon managed to get to the treasure around the sides of the room, carry some back with him, and miraculously pull himself back onto the platform all in the amount of time Felix had been gone. And without leaving himself wheezing and gasping for breath, too.

At his look, Terra excitedly beckoned him over. “Look what I’ve been practicing.” He struck out one of his paws toward the treasures around the room.

Terra could tell from Felix’s expression that the bulky blue feral was mildly amused. His eyes widened a moment later, though, when some gems began to lift off the floor where Terra was pointing.

The brown feral quivered with effort—it was actually quite hard not to notice, since his entire body was jiggling as what was left of his muscles flexed underneath the thick layers of lard—while he concentrated his mind on the floating gemstones. A few fell to the floor, but Terra focused on several in particular as he slowly, ever so slowly, moved them across the room with the new spell he’d discovered.

Felix also stared, but with awe. “Not magic from the pendant this time?”

“Not the pendant this time,” Terra agreed through gritted teeth. It wasn’t until the gems were safely on his platform that he relaxed, taking a huge breath. He felt tired, although not quite in the same way as exercising, fortunately. Despite the exhaustion, he grinned. “If I can make the spell stronger, there are so many useful applications for this.”

Felix vigorously nodded. All of the blubber on his body bounced and jiggled, but if he noticed, he didn’t point it out. “It was amazing.” He peered at the book on the cushion at Terra’s side. “You found the spell in there?”

“Yeah.” Terra proudly pushed it toward him. “Want to look?”

“I might.” Felix glanced at it with interest, but didn’t grab it. Terra supposed he could just look at it later. Even though they continued to browse the books for more information about the necklace, it wasn’t exactly like either of them were in a rush anymore. Perhaps the pendant was playing a roll in making him lazy, but Terra seemed to spend more time eating and less time reading lately. He actually found he didn’t mind all of the lazing, though; lying upon the cushion, his soft body spreading out to fill a sizable portion of it, he felt rather comfortable.

His thoughts were interrupted a moment later by an echoing roar from his stomach. “I only just got back up here!” he huffed in annoyance. Maybe the exercise of moving slightly more than usual had increased his appetite. He grumbled a bit as he watched Felix bring the next food cart back over, soon to be as empty as the others.

He glanced back down at the book again. He thought about the spell that would help him move things around to room. As of late, he’d tried to avoid thinking about the way that continually gaining weight would mean he couldn’t reach the food carts for himself much longer. But now, his mind was opening to the possibilities. Did he really have to stop? He realized he was really content with his life, and even though he spent a lot of the day flipping through books, he realized that maybe, deep down… did he really care about that anymore? Wasn’t it easier to just…

Give in?