'Likewise.' He felt a little awkward, realizing she was still staring at him like that. He'd walked among humans so many times, flitting in and out of their lives, but he'd never spoken with one face to face in his true form.
Yan would have grinned if he could have, though, quite pleased with himself that she would pay him the great compliment of size. It was something he'd fought long and hard to get his own mother to recognize, spending too long as just "her baby" even though he was well into his mature years. It didn't really help that he'd never had anyone else to talk to about such things aside from his own kind. At least the humans seemed to recognize it in a less significant way, though; he knew he was rather "tall" to them as well.
'Thank you, tiny human,' he teased, a warm bark of laughter following. Yan slowly uncurled himself, curious how far he could push her sense of imagination within her "dream world." He rose up slowly, neck craning high into the air as he stepped closer to the beachline.
His paws sank almost uncomfortably into the wet sands as he approached her, making his gait far less graceful than he would have liked. Even as the water rushed off his back in giant cascades he shook himself out to fling the remaining droplets off his scaly hide. 'You are still very small,' he noted playfully once he was close enough to lower his head to meet her at eye level.
