[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-saya-and-the-dragon":3,"chapter-saya-and-the-dragon-saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-70":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Saya and the Dragon",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1705057,2177,"Chapter 67: Bone Marrow","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-70",70,"\u003Cp>It was lunch. Which meant fire, grease, and unsolicited lectures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat cross-legged, barefoot, picking at a piece of smoked rabbit and glaring at the cracked femur resting across my lap like a personal insult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bone marrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I took one look at the glistening tube of horror and announced, “I hate this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the fire, the Dragon made an absolutely obscene slurping sound. He was three knuckles deep into a femur the size of a fencepost, tongue doing ungodly things to what remained of some poor beast’s insides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t look up. “Bone marrow is good for you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So is not dying. I’m still not eating it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It makes your tendons supple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I like my tendons just the way they are—useless and decorative.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cracked the bone a little louder, like punctuation. “Wings flap better when the joints are nourished.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t have wings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I threw a twig at him. It bounced off his snout. He didn’t blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is disgusting,” I muttered, nudging the bone like it might scuttle off if I stared long enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a delicacy,” he corrected, licking his lips. “Savages eat meat. Connoisseurs eat marrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re a savage with opinions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you’re a courtesan with crumbs in her cleavage.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn it. He was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’d rather starve,” I said, tossing the bone onto the pile with exaggerated revulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted. “You said the same about beetle paste. And then you ate three helpings and licked the bowl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was different. I was drunk. And horny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re always drunk and horny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. So I know what I’m talking about. Bone marrow isnotsexy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised a brow ridge. “Strong joints are sexy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re insane.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re malnourished.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I picked up a piece of flatbread and jammed it in my mouth, defiant. “This is all I need. Bread. Fire. Freedom. And maybe a pickle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your bones will snap like twigs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So will yours if you keep flapping those wings while I’m napping.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave me a long look. Then, with all the theatricality of a cathedral bell, let out a dramatic sigh and said, “Fine. More marrow for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enjoy your goo tube, lizard.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slurped again, louder this time, just to spite me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gods, I hated how smug he looked when he ate like a troll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stole one of the roasted carrots from his pile while he was distracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s called abalanced diet.\u003C\u002Fp>",402,"2026-06-06T14:39:25.620Z",1,"novelbin.me","65c47fa4dbd4d4f2fcbcc313affcb238d18a18e1775c84c0d1ce1be85b1bf4b3","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-71","saya-and-the-dragon-chapter-69",228,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsaya-and-the-dragon-cover.jpg"]