09.Aug.13, 01:32 AM
Arddra ate another bite of stew, enjoying the rich meaty flavor. It really needed the garlic but V'riy had expressed a dislike for it, implying he didn't like smelling like garlic afterwards. Arddra didn't mind the smell of garlic herself, finding it was a good purifying scent.
"I have come to understand what it is like to Impress a dragon and I have always found it easier to relate to animals and dragons, once I got over their intimidating size and the very incorrect tales I heard about them being vicious and liking to eat girls who displeased their parents..." here she smiled slightly at the memory of the silly stories she heard as a kid, stories that never did seem to fit the Harper's teaching ballads. "Meeting Morith the other day reminded me how peaceful being bonded to a dragon must be, knowing that no matter how horrible life seems to be, he or she would always be there, without judgement."
Arddra used the excuse of eating another mouthful to think how she could answer his question. She knew why she hoped her Gold had large clutches but did she want to reveal to him she was incapable of having children? Will he see her as useless if he knew?
Like all women at Katilia she knew about the new requirement, that all women must have at least one child to help populate the weyr. She didn't like the idea but it was far more logical than taking people from the North, from their homes and families. Forcing them to have children before they made a stand...wasn't much better but at last there was more of a choice. It had hurt to admit she couldn't have children so she wouldn't be forced into any couplings to get her pregnant.
"So many were lost...big clutches will help repopulate the dragons," Arddra admitted. It was only half of her reasons but it was still true. "I stood for several clutches and I think somebody mentioned queens should have bigger clutches."
"I have come to understand what it is like to Impress a dragon and I have always found it easier to relate to animals and dragons, once I got over their intimidating size and the very incorrect tales I heard about them being vicious and liking to eat girls who displeased their parents..." here she smiled slightly at the memory of the silly stories she heard as a kid, stories that never did seem to fit the Harper's teaching ballads. "Meeting Morith the other day reminded me how peaceful being bonded to a dragon must be, knowing that no matter how horrible life seems to be, he or she would always be there, without judgement."
Arddra used the excuse of eating another mouthful to think how she could answer his question. She knew why she hoped her Gold had large clutches but did she want to reveal to him she was incapable of having children? Will he see her as useless if he knew?
Like all women at Katilia she knew about the new requirement, that all women must have at least one child to help populate the weyr. She didn't like the idea but it was far more logical than taking people from the North, from their homes and families. Forcing them to have children before they made a stand...wasn't much better but at last there was more of a choice. It had hurt to admit she couldn't have children so she wouldn't be forced into any couplings to get her pregnant.
"So many were lost...big clutches will help repopulate the dragons," Arddra admitted. It was only half of her reasons but it was still true. "I stood for several clutches and I think somebody mentioned queens should have bigger clutches."