The kiss was delicious, and Drae slipped his arms about Angela's waist as they embraced. He quirked an eyebrow at Angela as she whispered in his ear, and his mind ran to so many places that he learned quickly were not exactly what she had in mind. Mentally, he couldn't help but undress her as she pulled him along, (much like Iva had while showing him the Shrine, in fact), towards the fields that lay beyond the Dryad forest. He got a little bit excited when she pulled him behind a large bush, but that excitement was quelled and became a tinge of curiosity mixed with what-the-hell when he felt the ground tremble and the sound of three fearsome roars echoed almost in tandem through the area. Drae looked at Angela questioningly as she smirked and parted the bush enough for the pair of them to look through. 

The beast that was grazing in the grass not forty feet away was massive, easily twice as wide as a war horse and twice as tall, with three heads, each plumed with rose petals as red as Angela's hair and each petal large enough, he was sure, to make a skirt, or even a dress, for Iva. Its feet were huge, like the trunks of trees, with roots for toes that burrowed into the ground to seep up nutrients from the soil. Its skin looked smooth, but Drae was suspicious it had the same fine hairs and possible the same thorns across its skin that a rose might have. 

"No, you are right. They are fantastic," Drae replied. He had a deep respect for any creature that was capable of chewing him up and spitting him out, and that respect perhaps was what kept him alive, but he definitely didn't harbor any fear towards such creatures. 

Drae looked at Angela, his silver eyes practically glowing as she winked at him, issuing her hidden challenge.
"How close do you think I can get before it charges?" he asked her mischievously, a grin splitting across his face as he felt the recklessness that had gotten him into a lot of trouble in the past begin to build up. He looked back at the hydra and then to Angela, and then back at the hydra before he crept out from around the bush and began moving slowly towards the flowering creature. 

The goddess felt a chill down her spine as she watched that devilish man sneak towards the large creature. A smirk went to her face as she sat down and let her magic continue to part the bush. This was Drae's show and she was going to let him have all of his glory. 

The creature was letting the other heads have their turn at chewing on the long prairie grass. They were ignoring everything around them aside from once in a while scaring off annoying wolves that came to try and chew at its feet.

It didn't take long for the scent of Adraejen Porthyrius to reach its nostrils. It's three heads leaned down and tilted in several directions like a lost puppy. It had huge green eyes  one each one of its heads.  It began to wonder what the two legger was going to do as it slowly backed up as Drae went forward.

It wanted to lean down and blow the small creature away but what fun was that. Another one of its heads lead out a pathetic roar towards Drae as a warning but the other two still held onto its puppy like look curious.

Drae lifted his hand and slowly, ever so slowly approached the plant beast as it looked at him curiously, its three eyes fixated on him, big and almost frightened like a small lost domestic animal, or even like a small child. All the more reason for Drae to approach calmly and slowly. 

When one of its heads roared at him, Drae paused his approach, but didn't flinch. 

"Easy, easy," he said, his voice low and soothing. He resumed his approach, leaning downward  to scoop up a handful of the long grasses to offer to the three headed creature. 

"Come on, I won't hurt you," he said softly. "Come on, come a little closer," he soothed, carefully pushing his hair out of his eyes. 

He was only a few paces away now, the handful of grass extended out to the hydra. 

It tilted its heads more as it watched the strange two-legger approach. From the bush Angela was getting nervous as one of the heads appeared to grow more aggressive. The goddess knew she could sweep in and get Drae if need be but it was hard to leave him there with that possibility looming.

The rose hydra took its time stretching towards the half elf as it sniffed at what he presented them. Though the most aggressive appeared to want to ignore Drae it was the first to take the long strands of grass from him. The others got upset but soon Angela was by his side and she offered up more grass.

“Shh..” She didn’t want them to be start a fight over the grass being presented to them. They nudged Drae and Angela to feed them more. Now they were emitting low noises trying to vocalize themselves as they begged for food. The goddess smiled and formed some apples for them. “What do you think Drae? I think they like you.” She giggled as she poured the apples into his arms and they took to him and took them gently.

Drae looked a bit flustered as the two heads began to nudge him for food that he clearly didn't have as the middle head that had been so keen to ignore him had taken what he had in his hands. 
"Whoa there, easy," he said softly as one head nearly pushed him backwards, and he looked about to try and find the nearest reachable spot with long grass. As he looked about, Angela appeared by his side, her hands full of the grass to draw the attention of the two other heads. Though he had wanted to appear brave and daring to her, he couldn't help but cast her a look of gratitude. Her soft tones soothed the aggravated heads as they munched on the grass she had offered them. They went back to nudging once the grass was gone, much gentler this time, making the strange lowing noises as they vocalized about their hunger. With a soft laugh and a smile at the beautiful redhead, Drae took the apples she materialized and loaded into his arms. 

"Well, they are interesting beasts to be sure," Drae admitted as he offered each head an apple which they took happily. One of them even went so far as to nuzzle the side of Drae's head and run its rough tongue. This made the warlock laugh. "Here I thought they were supposed to be ferocious. But you are just a big softy!" 

The hydra rumbled again and nipped at Drae's hair and clothes, the middle head giving a low growl as if to try to show Drae that the heads did know how to be vicious, but it too fell into nipping at Drae almost playfully. 

"I think they would make a wonderful guard dog for the girls. Iva would love these three, don't you think?" he asked looking over at Angela. 

Angela knew her lover well as she watched the frustration grow. The woman was gentle and understanding, she knew well that a man wanted to be daring in front of his lover. Still she came to his rescue and offered the three grass. Winking towards his look she turned her gaze back towards the mighty beasts. 

Drae had no idea that most of Arri was full of things like this. Full of creatures that were ferocious but often sweet when warmed up. "They are like the women of Arri themselves. We are often ferocious when it comes to protecting our own but when we warm up to you." She chuckled as one of the heads nipped and licked at her face and hair. "We are like this. It comes from living in a harsh world. No matter who you are, you have to be strong to protect the ones you love even if you have to put on a fierce front." The hydras were thankful for her words.

"Oh they would love them all. Iva would probably try to invite them to a tea party." Angela laughed and hugged one of the heads. "Would you all like that? You are right up her alley." Giving a loving look to Drae she comforted the heads. "You would be fed apples whenever you want. You would have everlasting grass fields to roam. You would only have to deal with my children."