18.May.14, 08:54 PM
He waved for the waitress’ attention and waved at his ale and held up one finger. A minute later and she came over with a drink for K’ton and disappeared again. Once she had wandered off again and Gabrin was certain no one was interested in them, he finally answered the question with one of his own. “What are you offering?” He took another swig of ale, studying the dragonrider from over the rim. K’ton looked young, but according to tales he had heard growing up, it was hard to judge a dragonrider’s age because of the bond and aging slowly. They could be the same age or K’ton could be ten or twenty turns older than him. All he could assume right then was that the man had some experience under his belt and some level of trust, authority, and possibly even popularity if he managed to swing Weyrsecond.
“I’m simply interested in knowing more about your intentions and how it may benefit me if I decide to support your return instead of joining the currently more strategically placed and powerful side of Telgar.” It was only logical that he wanted to know more about the opposing side. Outside of the obvious fact that they were in hiding for most of his life, Gabrin wasn’t sure why they needed to hate the dragonriders as much as the Lord Holder had but he wasn’t about to go sneaking around behind his father-in-law’s back without a good cause or a good plan. “Convince me and perhaps I can convince other key people for you.”
“I’m simply interested in knowing more about your intentions and how it may benefit me if I decide to support your return instead of joining the currently more strategically placed and powerful side of Telgar.” It was only logical that he wanted to know more about the opposing side. Outside of the obvious fact that they were in hiding for most of his life, Gabrin wasn’t sure why they needed to hate the dragonriders as much as the Lord Holder had but he wasn’t about to go sneaking around behind his father-in-law’s back without a good cause or a good plan. “Convince me and perhaps I can convince other key people for you.”