15.Aug.13, 08:32 PM
Arddra didn't know what it was but Trelanvor's antics with the fish made him just totally cute and endearing. It was a shame the topic was one that kept her mood on the low side. Exhaling with a sigh, Arddra couldn't deny he was making a point in his rather adorable manner. It was hard to think he was around her age. Too many things have been happening lately in her life to hang onto the old anger and pain. Maybe making more friends and seeing things aren't all horrible here and she could be happy was starting to break through the barriers she erected to protect herself.
"I was stolen about three turns and two months ago, I was one of the last taken before D'ren put an end to stealing candidates." Was her resentment towards dragonriders and being taken away from her home, her dying husband and her family and brought here against her will the reason she had failed to Impress? Given others have made similar correlations Arddra was starting to realize it must be true. V'riy expressed similar theories too and he was kind and never once indicated he wanted anything from her other than her friendship.
"It...I think it would have been far easier if I was taken a week later...things would have been different." Arddra paused in her cleaning and looked over at Trelanvor then shook her head. He was a decent person but she just didn't know him all that well despite being fellow Candidates for years. "I am starting to believe you and others must be right, holding onto my hate is handicapping me from Impressing...I will have to work on letting it go. For all I know that may be the only thing in this life left for me."
"I certainly don't want to be oozing anything unpleasant and upset you Trelanvor. In fact having you around and a couple other people who I am learning to trust, is going to go a long way to draining that wound once and for all...and let it heal."
"I was stolen about three turns and two months ago, I was one of the last taken before D'ren put an end to stealing candidates." Was her resentment towards dragonriders and being taken away from her home, her dying husband and her family and brought here against her will the reason she had failed to Impress? Given others have made similar correlations Arddra was starting to realize it must be true. V'riy expressed similar theories too and he was kind and never once indicated he wanted anything from her other than her friendship.
"It...I think it would have been far easier if I was taken a week later...things would have been different." Arddra paused in her cleaning and looked over at Trelanvor then shook her head. He was a decent person but she just didn't know him all that well despite being fellow Candidates for years. "I am starting to believe you and others must be right, holding onto my hate is handicapping me from Impressing...I will have to work on letting it go. For all I know that may be the only thing in this life left for me."
"I certainly don't want to be oozing anything unpleasant and upset you Trelanvor. In fact having you around and a couple other people who I am learning to trust, is going to go a long way to draining that wound once and for all...and let it heal."