Thes returned today. It was an impressive sight, his fur shone a lustrous red color and he was dragging a massive, mutilated lizard behind him. I couldn’t tell it was a dragon until he got up close, and it definitely wasn’t a young dragon. He was successful in evolving, that much was clear, even without the obvious change in fur color he had too few wounds, and all his scars were gone, both of those things are fixed when you evolve.

We feasted on dragon meat all day, and it was an intense experience. It was incredibly tender, the meat was so soft I could practically drink it. The already amazing taste was enhanced by a combination of mana berries, Astrie I specifically modified for the task, it makes a surprisingly good seasoning, and some mineral seasonings Mest had, all that combined to make the best tasting meat I have ever eaten.

It wasn’t just the taste and texture either, the meat was infused with mana, I could practically feel myself becoming heartier, stronger, and more resistant to fire, it was a fire dragon after all.

Based on its size alone the dragon was at least a couple centuries old and given how intelligent dragons tend to be, probably sentient too. Their entire evolutionary tree isn’t named after them for no reason, they are very powerful, Thes even said that the only reason he won was a combination of luck and the dragon being injured in the first place.

As for his evolution, he became a greater fire variant grizzly bear. Other than the usual boosts one would expect from an evolution he can also breathe fire, that’s just terrifying, it's really inefficient in mana consumption though so he can’t keep it up for long.

As for the main reason he tried to evolve, it worked, mostly, which is worse than if he failed to evolve. His rage is easier for him to contain, but it is still there. He described it like a pot of water, as time goes on water and heat are added to the pot and eventually it boils over, he snaps, now the pot is a lot bigger, he can handle a lot more before he snaps, but he will still snap eventually, and it will be worse because there’s more there. The only positive here is that we have time to figure something out, by the sound of things a month, maybe two.

Maybe I could modify Drowsy Clover in a way that might help, the problem is I have no idea how. By the man’s own admission he’s tried the basic stuff before and it did very little to help, he even tried the most potent variant they could find, and it did something, but not much, and it messed with him in other ways.

In happier news Talus got a pretty big power boost from eating that dragon, seems have a similar affinity made the effect much more pronounced. The upper limits she was capable of before are only enough to discomfort her now, at least for a little while, then it starts to hurt. On top of that, her fire is half again as strong as it was before. And let's just say that the improved endurance was noticeable, she made a joke about how for once she’s the insatiable one, that got a good laugh out of me.

Anyway, Good Night Diary.