04.Jan.14, 06:04 PM
H'gra was up and moving already, the habits of a lifetime seeing him dressed and groomed before dawn. He was even mostly awake by the time he finished, but not above stealing out of his tent for a cup of klah to help him along. Courtath would insist on leaving soon and he had to be ready.
Not today, m'boy. Courtath's voice boomed energetically, a frisson of excitement swimming through their blood.
H'gra narrowed his eyes in the blue's direction, but obligingly began jogging toward the tents he could see several other men making a beeline for. Who? There were few things that would divert Courtath's attention from their traditional dawn flight, and if someone wasn't dying, it had to be a green.
A lovely young maiden. The blue launched himself with a powerful thrust into the sky, angling toward the chase. He would fly her well and H'gra could relax with her rider, a win for everyone important. The fact that the other males might have something to day about this was dismissed as irrelevant, in the same category as his rider's lingering reserve. Courtath knew what was best for them and that was all there was to it.
Aren't we too old for maidens? H'gra asked plaintively, knowing the complaint would be ignored. He vastly preferred the older and experienced. The young ones tended toward the shocked and tearful after their ladies' first flights, and he wasn't really in the mood to be cursed for a monster afterward, or looked to for comfort. But the lust was already spiraling through his body and H'gra hurried faster, eager to get this over with.
H'gra narrowed his eyes in the blue's direction, but obligingly began jogging toward the tents he could see several other men making a beeline for. Who? There were few things that would divert Courtath's attention from their traditional dawn flight, and if someone wasn't dying, it had to be a green.
Aren't we too old for maidens? H'gra asked plaintively, knowing the complaint would be ignored. He vastly preferred the older and experienced. The young ones tended toward the shocked and tearful after their ladies' first flights, and he wasn't really in the mood to be cursed for a monster afterward, or looked to for comfort. But the lust was already spiraling through his body and H'gra hurried faster, eager to get this over with.