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28.Feb.14, 06:08 AM
It had been a rough month or so for the weyr as a whole, with the lasting effects of the landslide that devastated the wyer. A toll had been taken on N'kal and Torath as well, such heavy losses was something no one could ignore or avoid. The heaviest toll of course, was on those that had lost family, friends, and worse, dragons. He himself had no one really close to him so where he felt no heart wrenching loss, he had still been consumed with an overbearing sadness for the losses they had suffered, after having fought so hard to stay alive.
Even Torath, as level headed a dragon as he generally was, was upset occasionally by the memories of the situation that he got from N'kal. He wasn't as bad as he had been when it first happened, but it did tend to bother when brought to his attention. They had helped, and still helped, rebuild from the time they woke, until the time the sun dropped, and occasionally longer. When not working on rebuilding, N'kal tended to reflect on the situation, and Torath tended to do the same, unless N'kal was paying attention and kept it from him.
Several thoughts went through N'kal's mind as he sat on Torath's leg. They were on the outside edge of the new housing area that had been constructed, out of the way for the most part. He sat there idly whittling away at a piece of scrap wood. He hadn't planned on actually making anything, he hadn't bothered whittling wood in next to forever, he wasn't all that good at it really. However, his thoughts on dragons that day had him absently forming a small figure of a dragon laying down.Doesn't seem to look like me... , Torath said after shifting his massive head to look at N'kal. His voice was low and quiet, still the hints of sadness there, but there was also the faintest bit of amusement. Yes well, I don't have a big enough piece of wood to make it look like you., N'kal replied, equally amused, though glad to hear a bit of spirit in his dragon. He knew it was his own fault, he needed to block his feelings from Torath, especially when they were this bothersome.
Look! Little ones! , the bronze said, lifting his head a little as several small children half ran and half walked in their direction. N'kal looked up at Torath, glad that something seemed to break into his sour mood, something needed to break into HIS sour mood. He smiled a bit as the kids ran by, save for one little girl who only had eyes for Torath, or so it seemed. It never failed to make him grin, when a child who grew up with dragons, would still get a little awed by them. She walked right up to him however, then spotted N'kal and walked up to him. She couldn't have been but five or six Turns, but said, "You have a nice dragon." She spoke rather quietly as if she was afraid she would get in trouble for bothering him. Give her my thanks. , Torath said as he dropped his head to the ground and turned so that he could look at the girl more closely.
N'kal relayed Torath's message and chuckled when she gasped and looked up at his great bronze. "I'm gonna ride a gold dragon some day!", she said, very proud of herself. The girl just made him smile and after telling her to hold on a moment, made a couple of adjustments to the wooden dragon, smoothed out the edges, then slid off of Torath's paw and handed it to her. The girl's face was more than enough to melt any one's heart, and when she thanked him and latched onto him in a hug before running off hugging her new toy.You should make one of those for Rislan. , Torath added as he too watched the girl run off. I could do that, might make Ameris smile too/
A while later there were children climbing all over Torath's paws and tail while N'kal had begun working on another little dragon for Rislan. Torth was quite content to provide amusement where there wasn't always something to be amused about lately. The crazy dragon liked human children almost as much as hatchlings and other dragons.
Even Torath, as level headed a dragon as he generally was, was upset occasionally by the memories of the situation that he got from N'kal. He wasn't as bad as he had been when it first happened, but it did tend to bother when brought to his attention. They had helped, and still helped, rebuild from the time they woke, until the time the sun dropped, and occasionally longer. When not working on rebuilding, N'kal tended to reflect on the situation, and Torath tended to do the same, unless N'kal was paying attention and kept it from him.
Several thoughts went through N'kal's mind as he sat on Torath's leg. They were on the outside edge of the new housing area that had been constructed, out of the way for the most part. He sat there idly whittling away at a piece of scrap wood. He hadn't planned on actually making anything, he hadn't bothered whittling wood in next to forever, he wasn't all that good at it really. However, his thoughts on dragons that day had him absently forming a small figure of a dragon laying down.
N'kal relayed Torath's message and chuckled when she gasped and looked up at his great bronze. "I'm gonna ride a gold dragon some day!", she said, very proud of herself. The girl just made him smile and after telling her to hold on a moment, made a couple of adjustments to the wooden dragon, smoothed out the edges, then slid off of Torath's paw and handed it to her. The girl's face was more than enough to melt any one's heart, and when she thanked him and latched onto him in a hug before running off hugging her new toy.
A while later there were children climbing all over Torath's paws and tail while N'kal had begun working on another little dragon for Rislan. Torth was quite content to provide amusement where there wasn't always something to be amused about lately. The crazy dragon liked human children almost as much as hatchlings and other dragons.
