08.Apr.13, 08:05 PM
Peorray was, in fact, not stupid and took only one look at the bronzerider's face to figure out that something was wrong even before he grabbed her arm. Taking a moment to take stock of her options, she dropped her eyes slightly to stay somewhere in the vicinity of R'nya's left shoulder.
She knew better than to answer the actual question asked of her -no matter what she said, it would please neither of them-and instead asked one of her own. "Aren't I supposed to be here, sir? I thought I was, that the Weyrleader expected it of anyone not a goldrider or weyrling, and I'm not one yet." If she hadn't just scuttled her chances with this misstep.
The longer she'd stood here, the longer she'd begun to notice that it wasn't just those two groups missing from the crowd. Unfortunately, R'nya had arrived before she could discretely withdraw. "I'm sorry, sir." She offered the apology, plain and sincere. It wasn't as though she'd desperately wanted to see someone die. "I obviously misunderstood." She could admit when she was wrong.
She made a mental note to talk with the rest of the girls more often- she didn't see any of them here, and one of them probably would have said something if she had. Her daily routine lately had been work, sleep and Soren, and that had obviously been a mistake. This was why she liked things spelled out clearly.
She knew better than to answer the actual question asked of her -no matter what she said, it would please neither of them-and instead asked one of her own. "Aren't I supposed to be here, sir? I thought I was, that the Weyrleader expected it of anyone not a goldrider or weyrling, and I'm not one yet." If she hadn't just scuttled her chances with this misstep.
The longer she'd stood here, the longer she'd begun to notice that it wasn't just those two groups missing from the crowd. Unfortunately, R'nya had arrived before she could discretely withdraw. "I'm sorry, sir." She offered the apology, plain and sincere. It wasn't as though she'd desperately wanted to see someone die. "I obviously misunderstood." She could admit when she was wrong.
She made a mental note to talk with the rest of the girls more often- she didn't see any of them here, and one of them probably would have said something if she had. Her daily routine lately had been work, sleep and Soren, and that had obviously been a mistake. This was why she liked things spelled out clearly.