Silence and Solitude [Open]

Torath growled and snapped his jaw, standing over the blue and swinging his big head around as if looking for something, like he expected another dragon to be near by to pick on the blue at that moment. I do NOT like this! He dipped his head and one great swirling yellow and orange eye got close to Teegarth's face before he rumbled deeply. You tell me, or find me if it gets out of hand. I will help you. There are too few of us left, to be worried about what size or color a dragon is! He stomped his front feet on the ground and fanned out his wings a moment before folding them again, all teeth and growling, very unhappy that Teegarth is being harassed.

N'kal for once relaxed his face into something close to apologetic when he looked at Silute, before calling out to Torath. "Calm down Torath, come on now. We're out here to relax remember?" Torath swung his head around toward N'kal and looked at him, his eyes still swirling angrily. He snorted softly at N'kal, which was nearly as bad as him blowing raspberries at him. He sighed, moved forward and scratched his eye ridge. "Stop scaring Teegarth with your growling and snapping. I am sure if he ever needs your help he will ask.  Now calm down." He was calm and gentle with him and kept scratching him until he was calm, when his eyes were slowly swirling blue he felt safe enough to turn back to Silute.

"Sorry, I hope Teegarth isn't to upset. Torath can get a bit...excitable when it comes to others being picked on and teased." N'kal wasn't one for discussing the past with people, but he felt the need to explain, at least a little, "We uh...we've got a bit of history with this same situation. Touchy for us both I s'pose.", and left it at that.

N'kal was glad that Torath did not continue with his pouting about the firelizards after calming down about the Teegarth situation, though he was likely to hear about it at a later date, if not on their way home. He watched as the sulky bronze followed the quiet Teegarth into the water. Once in the water however his mood seemed to have lifted again. He trumpeted at Teegarth, and took off swimming, folding his wings and going under the surface for a minute or so before breaking the surface, splashing water everywhere. Content for the moment he swam in a lazy wide circle around Teegarth and answered his previous comment. N'kal can swim too when I can get him in the water.... He then shot a pointed look at N'kal before rolling over in the water, then resuming his lazy circles.

N'kal grunted a bit, back to his normal self, at Silute's words. "Yes well...you younger riders would do well to heed us and take caution when introducing those little beasts back around our dragons. We are so few, they would not survive another outbreak." His gruffness died away to a solemn tone as he watched Torath swim with Teegarth. "Bah!", he said sharply after a moment. "Pay no attention to me!" He dropped to the sand and watched the dragons play before looked back at Silute. "What else is going on that your younger ears have heard that mine have not?" He was at least, for Torath's sake, going to attempt being more social today. It wouldn't kill him he was sure. Well he hoped not anyway... No one has ever died from talking to someone..., came an amused comment. He grunted and ignored him, after which he heard a deep grunting sound carry across the water, which meant of course that he was being laughed at.