25.Feb.19, 02:50 AM
His new student seemed pleased about the invitation to the Hall, and also a bit surprised. Well, it was something of an experiment, having Weyrfolk in the Hall, and Verec did his best to scare off potential students who wouldn’t put really effort into their studies, so Verec couldn’t blame some of that surprise. Did she question her competence too much, though? They would have to work on that.
Verec resisted making an exasperated face at her question. It was, he supposed, a fair question, but he thought it fell under ‘questions about living accommodations’ which he had just told her to direct to other people. Did she not think of her question to be in regards to living accommodations, or was she perhaps overwhelmed enough she just asked her question immediately. Verec was in a decent enough mood he decided he’d answer her as well as he could, though she would likely still need to speak with one of the people he had already directed her to.
“Apprentices get several days off a month, with which you may do as you wish, as long as you are back and ready for lessons on time. Most Apprentices can’t make it home in a day or two, but you have dragonriders willing to provide transportation, so I doubt that will be as much of an obstacle for you.” It certainly was an obstacle for Verec when he was an Apprentice — his family lived a several day journey from the Hall, and he saw them maybe once a turn, if he was lucky. Madiquel, with her access to dragons, would certainly never have that same issue. He knew many of the current Apprentices had the same experience he did, though the Hall did get many Apprentices from the children of Healers and people from Fort and nearby — it was one of their local Halls, after all — and they had a much easier time stopping by to visit family on a day off. Madiquel would be fine, Verec was sure. She would get used to being away, and she would have chances to visit. Within a few months, she’d be well used to the Hall and Verec was looking forward to see how she did with her studies.
Verec resisted making an exasperated face at her question. It was, he supposed, a fair question, but he thought it fell under ‘questions about living accommodations’ which he had just told her to direct to other people. Did she not think of her question to be in regards to living accommodations, or was she perhaps overwhelmed enough she just asked her question immediately. Verec was in a decent enough mood he decided he’d answer her as well as he could, though she would likely still need to speak with one of the people he had already directed her to.
“Apprentices get several days off a month, with which you may do as you wish, as long as you are back and ready for lessons on time. Most Apprentices can’t make it home in a day or two, but you have dragonriders willing to provide transportation, so I doubt that will be as much of an obstacle for you.” It certainly was an obstacle for Verec when he was an Apprentice — his family lived a several day journey from the Hall, and he saw them maybe once a turn, if he was lucky. Madiquel, with her access to dragons, would certainly never have that same issue. He knew many of the current Apprentices had the same experience he did, though the Hall did get many Apprentices from the children of Healers and people from Fort and nearby — it was one of their local Halls, after all — and they had a much easier time stopping by to visit family on a day off. Madiquel would be fine, Verec was sure. She would get used to being away, and she would have chances to visit. Within a few months, she’d be well used to the Hall and Verec was looking forward to see how she did with her studies.