Burns of the present

The next day the weather calmer compared to yesterday, it wasn't raining as hard. They passed the beaten path going straight for the plateau where they set camp. Argen was meditating as per request from Hilda and Ofself so he can fine tune himself to find and use his Gas/Flight bladder. Thirteen hours passed as he focused on his breath upon inhalation, his diaphragm contracts and flattens and the chest cavity enlarges. This contraction creates a vacuum, which pulls air into the lungs, a sharp pain felt odd. As Argen exhaled, the diaphragm relaxed and returned to its dome-like shape, and air was forced out of the lungs. He felt something strange expand in his chest cavity. He had found it.

Argen mimics Hilda's inhale and exhaled small gel like substances, the action can be compared to snot flying in the air. Which made Hilda spit her coffee on Ofself while he was cooking the Giant Boar he hunted which led to this conversation. Hilda gasping for air from laughing.

"W-what snnrrrk was that? S-snot snrrrk hahahah."

"That my Dear Hilda was Argen finding part of his Gas bladder. And you be quiet unless you want me to tell him about the incident."

Hilda quickly silenced herself as she prepared the plates.

A month has passed and Argen managed to make a stream of the newly found combustible gel and hold it for a full minute. How they found out it was combustible was due to Hilda explaining to Argen that she ignites her fire breath with sparking her teeth via small intentional snaps. When Argen tried he couldn't spark it the first time it took him weeks before actually igniting the gel when it did, the small shots of the gel burned and stuck on a tree which took hours to kill even with the non-stop rain the isle had. Ofself explained that the reason behind the gel being able to hold fire even with rain was because Argen was healthy Hilda also told him about the kinds of gases a Dragon's Gas Bladder can potentially contain from Helium to nitrogen. Argen however did not understand a single whiff of info from her explanation which led to Ofself dumbing it down to remembering what each gas or gel feels as it exits his mouth. For the Combustible gel, Ofself called it kerosene it felt like a loogie being brought up to be spat out. 

Now his second month Argen was experimenting whether or not he can push the gel out of his scales' orifices where the steam originated from whenever he was tired in hopes to expel it out. He tried to remember how it felt when he was tired. His breath was shallow and fast, he felt he was burning. His heart was fast. He began meditating for four weeks without food or water which made Hilda a bit scared for him as Argen was exposed to the elements. Ofself often told her that Argen had to do this for himself. Argen wanted to be strong for himself and those he felt a bond with.

Argen found the feeling by his fifth week's end. It was his emotion of triumph as he raised the feeling steam came out of the orifices on his whole body as it shared the orange glow the scales were giving off. He stood up feeling his body burn hot and then roared. Some of the Kerosene gel came out and instantly ignited on contact with his scales.

Hilda ran to him only to be stopped by Ofself holding her back.

"PAPA, HE'S GOING TO KILL HIMSELF." She yelled as she tried to claw her way to Argen's burning form." He just found a way to burn up. But he isn't fire-proof yet! We have to put him out before he burns himself alive…"

"Believe in him." Is all what Ofself said as Hilda and him watch Argen's determination.