25.Jul.13, 12:34 PM
It was Bordtai’s turn to bristle and despite how much Nellaris struck him as a snob he couldn’t help but side with her over the argument of dragonriders at the moment. Dragon’s chose the riders who would fit them best, yes. But moreso than he agreed with Nell he found that the biggest reason he felt he should side with her was that the older woman rubbed him completely wrong when she made the statement that riders were criminals.
“Dragonriders are NOT criminals.” He blurted out, a little surprised in himself for it. As often as he found himself not agreeing with people, he nearly never spoke up. It was easier to walk away and make his argument where other’s would comment about how a dimglow knew nothing. But now? Right now Arddra was saying that his whole world was evil. He could name a number of riders that were not criminals or evil or even cruel.
“When thread comes back, Dragonriders will be there to save everyone. You wait. I’m going to be a hero. Everyone I’ll fly with someday. The whole Weyr. We’ll be there to save people. We are not criminals.”
Hearing the topic shift, Bordtai barely followed, still worked up and frustrated over his favorite riders being summed up as the bad guys. No. T’shiro was a bad guy. He use to always think S’kef was too… but after he killed T’shiro to revenge D’ren… S’kef didn’t seem that bad of a guy. There hadn’t even been another public whipping in a long time, so S’kef leading the Weyr couldn’t be that bad of a thing!
Bordtai wasn’t exactly sure how he felt about either of these girls becoming gold riders. Nellaris struck him as another Tsuen in the making – snobbish and wanting her hand over everything. While Arddra… She had the wrong viewpoint on everything. She was just wrong. Bordtai knew she was from the north, but that was no excuse to be so rude to the heroes of Pern. She would see. Bordtai half hoped that she would never impress. That way she wouldn’t have a dragon to save her and she would have to ask the riders for help. Teach her to be so rude.
“I would be thankful for any dragon, but I was told I might impress a brown. They are nearly as strong and large as bronze. I would be proud to ride a brown dragon.” He said, wrinkling his nose at Arddra. “And you should be proud to have the chance to even stand for the dragons.”
“Dragonriders are NOT criminals.” He blurted out, a little surprised in himself for it. As often as he found himself not agreeing with people, he nearly never spoke up. It was easier to walk away and make his argument where other’s would comment about how a dimglow knew nothing. But now? Right now Arddra was saying that his whole world was evil. He could name a number of riders that were not criminals or evil or even cruel.
“When thread comes back, Dragonriders will be there to save everyone. You wait. I’m going to be a hero. Everyone I’ll fly with someday. The whole Weyr. We’ll be there to save people. We are not criminals.”
Hearing the topic shift, Bordtai barely followed, still worked up and frustrated over his favorite riders being summed up as the bad guys. No. T’shiro was a bad guy. He use to always think S’kef was too… but after he killed T’shiro to revenge D’ren… S’kef didn’t seem that bad of a guy. There hadn’t even been another public whipping in a long time, so S’kef leading the Weyr couldn’t be that bad of a thing!
Bordtai wasn’t exactly sure how he felt about either of these girls becoming gold riders. Nellaris struck him as another Tsuen in the making – snobbish and wanting her hand over everything. While Arddra… She had the wrong viewpoint on everything. She was just wrong. Bordtai knew she was from the north, but that was no excuse to be so rude to the heroes of Pern. She would see. Bordtai half hoped that she would never impress. That way she wouldn’t have a dragon to save her and she would have to ask the riders for help. Teach her to be so rude.
“I would be thankful for any dragon, but I was told I might impress a brown. They are nearly as strong and large as bronze. I would be proud to ride a brown dragon.” He said, wrinkling his nose at Arddra. “And you should be proud to have the chance to even stand for the dragons.”