30.May.20, 11:59 PM
“Yeah,” Madiquel said softly, glancing around with a sort of grimace. She knew what Rhaedalyn was talking about, since she’d noticed her own shadow flittering around her like an anxious firelizard. Not that Madiquel really understood why – unless their purpose was to get her to Zezeth as fast as possible in the event of some obscure emergency. She certainly didn’t think she was likely to do anything that would distress her dragon. Her dragon, on the other hand, was inclined to break in a strong wind. She felt Zezeth’s flair of attitude at that thought, and her lip twitched in a small smile.
Her attention was then fully torn away from her dragon, and Madiquel blushed to the roots of her hair. “Do you think so?” She asked, her voice breathless and soft, eyes as wide as saucers and filled with desperate hope. Madiquel never would have dreamed of asking D’hys – no, that was a lie! She would definitely have dreamed, but she never would have actually considered actually asking him – without Rhaedalyn’s prompting. Plus, Rhaedalyn would never set her up for failure, so if the goldrider said it was so, Madiquel believed it with her whole heart. But still!
It did not – and would not – occur to Madiquel to pretend anything about her feelings that were not true. She wore her heart on her sleeve, and while she would certainly do her best to never fawn over anyone in any way around her Papa, that was different. Her Papa was delicate of mind, and Madiquel didn’t know how he would react to her obvious infatuation with someone – especially someone she knew he wouldn’t approve of. Of course, Madiquel was quite sure her Papa would never approve of anyone, given the way it had taken forever for him to even get to the point of not glaring at her friends. And they were just friends!
Her attention was then fully torn away from her dragon, and Madiquel blushed to the roots of her hair. “Do you think so?” She asked, her voice breathless and soft, eyes as wide as saucers and filled with desperate hope. Madiquel never would have dreamed of asking D’hys – no, that was a lie! She would definitely have dreamed, but she never would have actually considered actually asking him – without Rhaedalyn’s prompting. Plus, Rhaedalyn would never set her up for failure, so if the goldrider said it was so, Madiquel believed it with her whole heart. But still!
It did not – and would not – occur to Madiquel to pretend anything about her feelings that were not true. She wore her heart on her sleeve, and while she would certainly do her best to never fawn over anyone in any way around her Papa, that was different. Her Papa was delicate of mind, and Madiquel didn’t know how he would react to her obvious infatuation with someone – especially someone she knew he wouldn’t approve of. Of course, Madiquel was quite sure her Papa would never approve of anyone, given the way it had taken forever for him to even get to the point of not glaring at her friends. And they were just friends!