21.Sep.13, 08:25 PM
Ce'lie was confused by I'shan's reaction to her question and wondered about its cause. Was it that his mother as a dragonrider was a rediculous notion or was it something more? As he explained, the greenrider came to the conclusion that it was the former. His explanation of his mother's odd jobs would account for that strong reaction but she was still a bit surprised.
Something didn't add up, though. It would have taken a decent amount of coin to raise a son and keep a roof over both of their heads without a man to provide for them. That simple fact was one of the reasons Ce'lie was grateful for her dear Twilirth; a woman in a Weyr was provided with quarters of her own and had no need to worry about where her next meal was coming from. If she didn't want a lasting relationship with a man, she didn't have to have one. It did provide freedom from the uncertainty of typical life on Pern for women and had stopped her from being designated as someone's "wife". As a dragonrider, Ce'lie felt like she had had more of a chance to become her own person.
"She… must have been quite a woman to be able to provide such things for you on her own," Ce'lie said at length. The greenrider was sure that the woman must have been turning tricks or had some kind of special arrangement in order to provide for her son. There would have been no way that she'd have gotten her hands a private place for the two of them otherwise.
"If I might be so bold…..What happened to your father that the two of you were on your own?"
Something didn't add up, though. It would have taken a decent amount of coin to raise a son and keep a roof over both of their heads without a man to provide for them. That simple fact was one of the reasons Ce'lie was grateful for her dear Twilirth; a woman in a Weyr was provided with quarters of her own and had no need to worry about where her next meal was coming from. If she didn't want a lasting relationship with a man, she didn't have to have one. It did provide freedom from the uncertainty of typical life on Pern for women and had stopped her from being designated as someone's "wife". As a dragonrider, Ce'lie felt like she had had more of a chance to become her own person.
"She… must have been quite a woman to be able to provide such things for you on her own," Ce'lie said at length. The greenrider was sure that the woman must have been turning tricks or had some kind of special arrangement in order to provide for her son. There would have been no way that she'd have gotten her hands a private place for the two of them otherwise.
"If I might be so bold…..What happened to your father that the two of you were on your own?"