17.May.19, 03:09 AM
“Thank you,” Vaera said with a smile, accepting the other girl’s invitation to join her cheerfully. Madiquel always seemed friendly, and it wouldn’t hurt to know more about her. “I’m not up to anything in particular, really. Just enjoying the nice weather.” She tossed her hair over her shoulder and considered Madiquel. “How about you? Doing anything exciting today, or same as me?” At least half the people out and about today were probably doing the same, and most of the rest were likely outside on some pretense as an excuse to enjoy the weather.
“So,” she asked, leaning in towards Madiquel after giving her a chance to respond, “What do you think? Of the Hall, I mean. Anything like you expected? Worse or better?” Vaera was deeply curious as to the answers. There were plenty of Apprentices who came from outside the Hall, but Vaera didn’t know any who were from the Weyrs, at least any near her age, or, more importantly, had lived in the South. How cool! Vaera figured there were lots of plants in the South that could be useful to Healing that were as of yet undiscovered. Not that Madiquel probably knew a whole lot about it, she was a kid, but she was training as Healer, maybe she’d been interested in such things growing up. Worth asking! Though that was probably a topic for a second or third conversation, not the first. Vaera didn’t want to be too enthusiastically nerdy too early in a potential friendship, after all.
“So,” she asked, leaning in towards Madiquel after giving her a chance to respond, “What do you think? Of the Hall, I mean. Anything like you expected? Worse or better?” Vaera was deeply curious as to the answers. There were plenty of Apprentices who came from outside the Hall, but Vaera didn’t know any who were from the Weyrs, at least any near her age, or, more importantly, had lived in the South. How cool! Vaera figured there were lots of plants in the South that could be useful to Healing that were as of yet undiscovered. Not that Madiquel probably knew a whole lot about it, she was a kid, but she was training as Healer, maybe she’d been interested in such things growing up. Worth asking! Though that was probably a topic for a second or third conversation, not the first. Vaera didn’t want to be too enthusiastically nerdy too early in a potential friendship, after all.