Lawcket

August Character Interview

Patricia Parrington ~ August 1, 2025

Hello my lovely readers and fellow book-lovers! For those of you who are new here, I, your dragon-loving host Patricia Parrington, have the pleasure of interviewing characters from books all over the world.

Today we have here with us Lawcket from the middlegrade fantasy series Dragon Child by MidnightRose. MidnightRose is a young fantasy author who has a love for outdoors and caring for life around her, especially animals. Most of her stories focus on cozy scenes and heartfelt interaction along with nature and outdoor vibes.

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Meet Lawcket

Welcome to Fable Features! I’m excited to get to know you.

[Patricia settles onto an orange suede couch and adjusts the fluffy white pillows.]

Do you have any family? What are they like?

[Lawcket's dark eyes dart about trying to take everything in as the fourteen-year-old peasant child settles to sit, a little stiffly, opposite Patricia. Slightly tangled sandy brown hair obscures the scars which cross his face.]

I usually don’t talk much about my family to strangers, but I guess it’s safe here.

[He glances quickly at Patricia’s face, before dropping his eyes to his knees.]

I have a mom and dad and three little siblings. I don’t get along with my brother very well. He’s the closest in age to me, and I wish he were better at being gentle with baby animals. I feel guilty a lot about both him and Mom.

I would never take back what happened because it would mean Looccup would still be alone in the dark, but I wish my loving and trusting the dragon who saved me when I got lost when my sister, Lelliddy, was a baby didn’t hurt Mom and make her think I don’t love her or my siblings.

Lelliddy and I get along well and are very close even though she's way littler than me, which sometimes upsets Mom because she doesn't want Lelliddy to become like me, and she thinks my dragon is dangerous.

I get along with Dad fine too, but he doesn’t always understand me.

My third sibling is a baby right now. I just hope she won't be hurt by how Mom feels about what's happened to me. My siblings having good lives matters more than me getting to know them.

Sounds like some complicated family dynamics. You mentioned a dragon and that your mom thinks the dragon is dangerous. How’d you react when you first met the dragon? Were you scared?

I was very frightened when I first found myself looking at a creature nearly as big as a house and not very far from me at all. I was lost and didn’t know if I’d ever get home. I had climbed down a cliff into a valley where there didn’t even seem to be alive plants. That place makes me afraid in a way nothing else does.

I wasn’t scared of the dragon as soon as I knew that she was sad and alone. We wanted to help each other, and she thought I'd come to save her even though I couldn’t do anything.

The first thing I remember after she opened her eyes and looked at me is walking to her and hugging her neck as best as I could, because she is so big, and feeling her memories as though a part of me had lived her life. She knew my memories too, but there are ways in which we can’t understand each other’s lives.

You have so much kindness and compassion! I really admire that. I’m glad you didn’t stay frightened long and realized the dragon was just sad and alone.

They say our living spaces can tell a lot about who we are. What does your home or room look like?

I don’t have a room to myself. We all live together in what you would probably think is a very tiny house with not much more than a kitchen and a bedroom.

I don't sleep inside much anymore though. I usually sleep with Looccup. Her scales give off a lot of warmth, and it's hard for us to be separated, especially because of her past, being blind and alone.

I kind of feel like the garden is as much my home as the house.

Sounds like Looccup has had a hard past. I love that you spend the nights with her!

[Patricia smiles warmly.]

My pseudodragon, Scribblemore, likes to snuggle up next to me every night too. I think it makes him feel safe.

What makes you feel safe?

Being with my dragon. Just thinking about the bond of darkness that lets us feel each other's thoughts and makes me certain we can't ever really be separated, helped me when I was a prisoner and we were separated by too much distance to understand each other's thoughts.

[Patricia’s green eyes widen.]

A prisoner? What happened to put you in that position?

[Lawcket, shying, wipes a lock of hair away from his eyes.]

I made a rather stupid mistake. When my littlest sibling had just been born, I went down to buy things we needed so Dad could stay home with Mom. Some guy was being accused of stealing, and I tried to offer my extra coins so they would let him go. They accused me of being a thief.

It wasn’t smart, but I tried to defend myself with my axe. It wasn’t made to be a weapon—it was a gift from Dad so I could help him cut wood—but my parents have taught me to defend myself and never give up. I only used the blunt side, I didn’t kill anyone, but I don’t know how badly I hurt one of the guys who tried to grab me. I know they kind of deserved it—they did worse to me—but I don’t want to hurt anyone ever again to protect myself.

As stupid as it was, I can’t completely regret trying to help a stranger. I don’t want to ever be heartless.

[Patricia nods.]

I love that you strive to not ever be heartless—I think it can be easy, sometimes, to fall into that, especially when going through something traumatic. I’m sorry you had to go through that. It must’ve been scary.

What’s a lie you’ve had to combat?

[Lawcket looks down and smooths out his stained tunic.]

I've often struggled with not wanting to tell Mom the whole truth when things happen that I think will frighten her, but I've never lived telling any specific lie. I will do anything to hide information that might hurt my family, but I've never done more than tell half-truths.

I think that’s a great show of character that you try to protect your family but also avoid telling lies as much as possible.

What’s something you’ve never tried before?

[Lawcket gives a slight shrug.]

There’s a lot I've never tried. I'm just one kid. I guess swimming. I know a lot of animals can swim a little, but I'm scared I can't. We have a stream nearby, but it's either too fast to be safe even if I could swim, or not deep enough that I'd need to.

Ah, yes that would make it hard to learn to swim.

What incredibly strong opinion do you have that is completely unimportant in the grand scheme of things?

[Lawcket looks up suddenly, tossing his hair away from his face.]

I believe that everything, every creature, and even every thought, is important in the grand scheme of things. You might not take that for an answer, but I can't answer something I don't believe in. In a way the little ladybug I rescued from the water bucket is as important as I am.

[Patricia nods and plays with one of the fluffy pillows as she mulls over this answer.]

I like that perspective. Every creature is important, even the tiniest of creatures.

[She leans forward, an idea sparking in her eyes.]

Speaking of animals, if someone handed you a hedgehog and walked away, what would you do?

I . . . I guess I'd take it home, unless it wanted me to let it go, and try to take care of it and figure out what it needs to eat. I don’t know much about hedgehogs, but animals and I are usually pretty good at understanding each other.

I think that’s a great trait to have, being able to get along with and understand animals.

[Patricia cocks her head, curious.]

Is there an animal you’d like to have that you don’t currently have?

I don’t think I care to have a kind of animal my family doesn’t have, and Mom let me keep the baby goat I loved extra because I helped save her when I was little. I do miss the horses I was forced to learn to ride when I was a prisoner, especially Dawn who was too old for me to ride once I got good. I want all animals to have good lives, and I wish the horses were treated better and given more freedom. Landroy, the guy who taught me to ride, was not cruel to his horses, but I still feel how the horses are treated doesn’t give them the freedom they deserve.

Animals deserve much better, don’t they?

[Patricia taps the couch cushion next to her.]

Hm, looks like we are almost out of time. Let’s squeeze in one last question! What do you feel like is your life’s purpose?

[Lawcket looks down at his hands.]

I feel like my life's purpose is for me to learn to love in every circumstance I live in, and to also learn that I am loved. I think to really love I have to know that I'm loved.

When it comes to a specific purpose in this life, I feel deeply called to the broken dragons in the valley Looccup comes from. I won't ever forget their pain and loneliness, and I hope that whatever it costs I can be a part of healing them.

What a deep answer! I love what you said about love—that to really love we have to know we’re loved. I think that’s so true. And that sounds like a noble cause, to come to the aid of those poor dragons.

[Patricia smiles and stands.]

Thank you so much for letting me chat with you today, Lawcket. I hope you are able to bring healing and hope to the broken dragons!

End of interview.

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Want to Read More?

Lawcket’s author, MidnightRose, can be found on BlueSky and Twitter/X. Book 1 of the Dragon Child series, Healing’s Whisper, isn’t out yet, but you can check out an excerpt here!

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See Ya Next Time

Aaand that's all the time we have today. Thank you, readers, for coming. And thank you, Lawcket, for letting us get to know you! See y'all next time.

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