23.Sep.20, 10:07 PM
Warmth flooded her mind along with the young queen’s voice, and she couldn’t help grinning at the dragon’s praise for her rider. To be bespoken so casually caught her off guard, and she laughed with the excitement of it. Aederyn had only ever carried on conversations with Edath, and when she could, she offered a greeting to the dragon and rider on watch, and occasionally got a reply.
“Of course!” She nodded to Malvayth, raising her arm again and mentally calling her brown with added enthusiasm along with an image of the gold, and was satisfied when he burst into the air above her, chittering in curiosity. He alighted briefly on the redhead’s arm, turning his head the way and that to watch Malvayth, chirping and warbling, before taking flight once more and flitting about the gold to get a better look, squealing in delight.
With Rudi now otherwise occupied, and just fine being left to his own devices as long as he didn’t annoy the queen, Aederyn turned back to Cazan. “Oh, a harness would be preferred, for sure. He’s a smart little thing most of the time, but he’s lost messages in the past and I think it would be best to leave his little mind to only doing the flying.” As if to emphasize her point, Rudi made a wide arc around the little group and only narrowly avoided flying into the redhead by popping between, seconds later popping out again above the queen. Aederyn shook her head and shrugged.
A thought occurred to her and she stopped, bringing a hand absently to her mouth as she started to chew on a nail. “Wait, maybe not…I don’t have a way to pay you.” She frowned as she realized the few marks she’d had saved for the Gather several months back had slowly been eked away on little things, leaving her with very little to pay for such fine, custom work. “I have a few marks, but not nearly as much as this would warrant. And my former Craft was fairly limited in needed skills. Running isn’t needed nearly as much in a Weyr. But I am a quick learner, so if you need help with anything, I’d be happy to exchange work.”
“Of course!” She nodded to Malvayth, raising her arm again and mentally calling her brown with added enthusiasm along with an image of the gold, and was satisfied when he burst into the air above her, chittering in curiosity. He alighted briefly on the redhead’s arm, turning his head the way and that to watch Malvayth, chirping and warbling, before taking flight once more and flitting about the gold to get a better look, squealing in delight.
With Rudi now otherwise occupied, and just fine being left to his own devices as long as he didn’t annoy the queen, Aederyn turned back to Cazan. “Oh, a harness would be preferred, for sure. He’s a smart little thing most of the time, but he’s lost messages in the past and I think it would be best to leave his little mind to only doing the flying.” As if to emphasize her point, Rudi made a wide arc around the little group and only narrowly avoided flying into the redhead by popping between, seconds later popping out again above the queen. Aederyn shook her head and shrugged.
A thought occurred to her and she stopped, bringing a hand absently to her mouth as she started to chew on a nail. “Wait, maybe not…I don’t have a way to pay you.” She frowned as she realized the few marks she’d had saved for the Gather several months back had slowly been eked away on little things, leaving her with very little to pay for such fine, custom work. “I have a few marks, but not nearly as much as this would warrant. And my former Craft was fairly limited in needed skills. Running isn’t needed nearly as much in a Weyr. But I am a quick learner, so if you need help with anything, I’d be happy to exchange work.”