08.Feb.12, 04:27 AM
The young healer tried to hide his response, but it was impossible. Pitiful at hiding emotion and unable to tear his eyes away from B'jin's, his expression went from concern to pure horror as B'jin explained the reality of the situation. Talian was becoming more and more determined not to Impress a dragonet by the second. His expression soured, the corners of his mouth weighed down by sudden misgivings. It wasn't anything B'jin had done, just a cold reminder of the situation. He had less control over his own life than he ever had before.
He laced his fingers together and squeezed trying to keep them occupied rather than drumming nervously on the table. In a freaky way, he was glad to be a little bit crazy. He was more aware of his own condition than he ared to admit, but if being depressed meant he got to keep his life as his own (or as much as the Weyr would allow), then so be it. The idea of marrying minds with some other creature and changing forever was too much for him to bear.
He realized suddenly how disguted he looked. He squashed the expression out of sheer embarrassment, which only intensified as B'jin shifted to his cheerful mode. If B'jin wanted to make Talian uncomfortable, he was succeeding. "Oh!That was, er, worded poorly. I didn't actually do anything with him." A pause. "Well, not much...and well...his name is Erisi."
He laced his fingers together and squeezed trying to keep them occupied rather than drumming nervously on the table. In a freaky way, he was glad to be a little bit crazy. He was more aware of his own condition than he ared to admit, but if being depressed meant he got to keep his life as his own (or as much as the Weyr would allow), then so be it. The idea of marrying minds with some other creature and changing forever was too much for him to bear.
He realized suddenly how disguted he looked. He squashed the expression out of sheer embarrassment, which only intensified as B'jin shifted to his cheerful mode. If B'jin wanted to make Talian uncomfortable, he was succeeding. "Oh!That was, er, worded poorly. I didn't actually do anything with him." A pause. "Well, not much...and well...his name is Erisi."