You want to shout out but you cannot. First, the egg container feels like it's full of soft fabric. This warmth and coziness makes it impossible to scream but also, your throat is incapable of doing more than some feeble chirps and whimpers. Also, you feel incredibly drowsy, dimly aware of the world beyond the strict confines of the egg. You wonder who your new parents will be, if they'll be nice and how you will adapt as a female, a dragon no less. You reasoned your new parents must be nice as if they asked a factory to make their offspring, they really must desire. This little flicker of hope lulls you to sleep as the egg gently sways in its swaddle in the stork's beak.
Over the many months, before the metallic egg can crack on its own, you are dimly aware of your surroundings, or rather the talks and sounds of your surroundings. Sometimes you rise from your slumber state to the sound of talking or rain or leaves rustling but it's only to go back to sleep quickly. You do catch snatches of conversation once in a while.
"I can't wait for her to hatch..."
"She'll be so beautiful!..."
"I want to see her already!..."
"Be patient. But next time, I want a boy."
"And you'll have him, my dear. But at the moment, we agreed to order a girl. And she'll be perfect."
"Of course," said the male voice. "That's the advantage of ordering babies. You get what you want."
At other times, you feel warmth and a heartbeat against the egg enclosing you. Sometimes two as the two dragons are snuggled against each other with your egg in the center. A wave of love and desire engulfs you as you want to hug them for real, no matter the doubts of your human mind still living in tatters in your head.
Finally, the big day dawns. Your metallic egg cracks and open slowly. You emerge tentatively and clumsily. Your vision is completely blurry. You could hear the anticipation of your two parents before your hatching and now two faces, very enlarged, stare down at you, one dark green and the other pale orange. The pale orange blurry head bends down and a big tongue arrives to lick you off and clean you swiftly. The two adult dragons hum in happiness and you feel their love and affection. You take a few steps to return their love and show you already want to be near them. You can feel soft dried grass under your talons. Your parents keep saying how adorable you are. What do you look like, actually? This question will have to wait because your mommy grabs you gently and places you on her belly while lying on her back. You can only see a few centimetres in front of you really. But her chest is warm, you're right above her fire pouch. Your new mommy hugs and nuzzles you and your daddy comes to leave you finely minced and chewed meat which you gobble a bit haphazardly. After that, you fall asleep, your father lying right next to his mate, his green scales shiny. You wish to do something and escape, following your old desires as a human male but you're just too exhausted at the moment.