06.Nov.12, 01:04 PM
"You mean you can't tell a Violet-throated Emerald from a Forktail Emerald??" Ellaira said in mock horror. "I am shocked - shocked!" She grinned, taking the plate from Echlerov. "Thanks." She pulled her beltknife out and took a bite, making a pleased noise.
Her head snapped back up when he mentioned that he had an egg, her eyes glinting with scientific avarice. "You have one? Really? I'd love to take a look. I mean, if you don't mind." Ellaira was more than eager to take a look at what most people were calling avian eggs or tunnelsnake eggs, and a few conspiracy theorists were calling fire-lizard or dragonet eggs. Idiots. But she was something of an egg expert - at least with avian eggs and a few species of tunnelsnake eggs - and she felt quite certain she could put an end to the mystery.
Her head snapped back up when he mentioned that he had an egg, her eyes glinting with scientific avarice. "You have one? Really? I'd love to take a look. I mean, if you don't mind." Ellaira was more than eager to take a look at what most people were calling avian eggs or tunnelsnake eggs, and a few conspiracy theorists were calling fire-lizard or dragonet eggs. Idiots. But she was something of an egg expert - at least with avian eggs and a few species of tunnelsnake eggs - and she felt quite certain she could put an end to the mystery.