02.Feb.13, 06:17 PM
Now, Ali was naturally sensitive towards color politics, but he wasn't adverse to the occasional joke either. His sensitivity did ensure that he ruffled up for a moment, but once he caught the bronzerider's smirk and the little spray of water, he felt like a proper idiot. He deflated a bit, face flushing red as he looked away and idly slapped water back at the man. "Orders, huh. Good thing I don't follow orders!" he retorted, determined to keep the playful argument going. It was fun, and it was a nice way to converse without the bracing, vulnerable honesty of a real conversation.
Ali waded a couple feet out in the water and kicked it back towards B'run, his version of trying to get the last word in. He smirked self-importantly and seated himself on Astoreth's neck, a position that the green dragon held without complaint, though her eyes did flash blue with a sense of amusement. Ali's sense of mistrust and even shock that a bronzerider was bothering to talk to him had passed, and the other man's visible paranoia helped soothe his won as well; if B'run was plotting to destroy him at any moment, would he be constantly watching Ali as if he feared the same fate? Probably not!
Now what, though? Ali crossed his arms and crossed one leg over the other, looking almost serenely at the bronzerider and shrugging. "So if I manage to find a fire lizard, are you gonna freak out if I bring it around?" he asked, his roundabout way of asking if he was welcome at all.
Ali waded a couple feet out in the water and kicked it back towards B'run, his version of trying to get the last word in. He smirked self-importantly and seated himself on Astoreth's neck, a position that the green dragon held without complaint, though her eyes did flash blue with a sense of amusement. Ali's sense of mistrust and even shock that a bronzerider was bothering to talk to him had passed, and the other man's visible paranoia helped soothe his won as well; if B'run was plotting to destroy him at any moment, would he be constantly watching Ali as if he feared the same fate? Probably not!
Now what, though? Ali crossed his arms and crossed one leg over the other, looking almost serenely at the bronzerider and shrugging. "So if I manage to find a fire lizard, are you gonna freak out if I bring it around?" he asked, his roundabout way of asking if he was welcome at all.