10.Sep.13, 09:40 PM
Ce'lie regarded I'shan with a thoroughly puzzled look. Of course people didn't control dragonflight, dragons controlled dragonflight… had she really just been lucky all these turns? The disturbed dragonrider quickly closed off her mind to her dragon, not wanting to worry the green with the direction her thoughts were taking.
Twilirth had always given her the impression that she could easily avoid any male that she wasn't interested in pairing with, had she the desire to do so. Ce'lie had found the claim comforting. Had her dragon been just putting on airs? She had been inclined to believe her green's claim, since the creature had proved so intelligent. That was also contrary to what she had been taught in her lessons. Her Weyrlingmaster had viewed greens as nuisances, stupid, annoying creatures that any Weyr would probably be better off without. In his view, the only good thing about them was that they gave the male dragons something to chase other than golds.
When had her green made that comment about? She couldn't remember how many turns ago it had been. Thinking about it at length, Ce'lie conceded that it was also quite possible her green had simply been boasting.
The greenrider's easygoing personality meant that there were few men that she really had a problem with at Katila on a personal level. Flights were something that Ce'lie had come to accept as just another part of her life as a dragonrider. She really didn't give them much thought. Ce'lie also had taken the viewpoint that what happened during a flight was separate from what happened at other times. In fact, she could really think of only two dragonriders at Katila that she didn't care for. Even those particular two riders would just have been politely ushered out of her bedroom when the flight was over like anyone else. Whoever dragon's was lucky enough to catch Twilirth was lucky enough to get a night with Ce'lie.
The greenrider felt badly for I'shan. Compared to him, she had it easy. Now that she knew the reason why he had bolted after their dragons' flight, she felt kinder toward the younger man. She realized that it would be difficult for him to reconcile sleeping with women feeling the way that he did and didn't envy him having to do it one bit.
Blinking at the man as he questioned her about Isharyn's naming, she wrapped her hands around her legs again. Placing her chin on her knees, she looked into his eyes. "I wanted to draw your attention to him, I guess," she said softly. "I wasn't sure how involved you would want to be in his life.. and I thought if his name was closer to yours, it would be harder to avoid him," she said quietly with a small frown.
"I hope you don't think that I wanted to manipulate you," she said quietly, fidgeting a bit. "It was more just to make sure that you were aware of him. I hoped that it would help him have a relationship with his father. Not to mention that he looks just like you," she said, smiling at him warmly.
Twilirth had always given her the impression that she could easily avoid any male that she wasn't interested in pairing with, had she the desire to do so. Ce'lie had found the claim comforting. Had her dragon been just putting on airs? She had been inclined to believe her green's claim, since the creature had proved so intelligent. That was also contrary to what she had been taught in her lessons. Her Weyrlingmaster had viewed greens as nuisances, stupid, annoying creatures that any Weyr would probably be better off without. In his view, the only good thing about them was that they gave the male dragons something to chase other than golds.
When had her green made that comment about? She couldn't remember how many turns ago it had been. Thinking about it at length, Ce'lie conceded that it was also quite possible her green had simply been boasting.
The greenrider's easygoing personality meant that there were few men that she really had a problem with at Katila on a personal level. Flights were something that Ce'lie had come to accept as just another part of her life as a dragonrider. She really didn't give them much thought. Ce'lie also had taken the viewpoint that what happened during a flight was separate from what happened at other times. In fact, she could really think of only two dragonriders at Katila that she didn't care for. Even those particular two riders would just have been politely ushered out of her bedroom when the flight was over like anyone else. Whoever dragon's was lucky enough to catch Twilirth was lucky enough to get a night with Ce'lie.
The greenrider felt badly for I'shan. Compared to him, she had it easy. Now that she knew the reason why he had bolted after their dragons' flight, she felt kinder toward the younger man. She realized that it would be difficult for him to reconcile sleeping with women feeling the way that he did and didn't envy him having to do it one bit.
Blinking at the man as he questioned her about Isharyn's naming, she wrapped her hands around her legs again. Placing her chin on her knees, she looked into his eyes. "I wanted to draw your attention to him, I guess," she said softly. "I wasn't sure how involved you would want to be in his life.. and I thought if his name was closer to yours, it would be harder to avoid him," she said quietly with a small frown.
"I hope you don't think that I wanted to manipulate you," she said quietly, fidgeting a bit. "It was more just to make sure that you were aware of him. I hoped that it would help him have a relationship with his father. Not to mention that he looks just like you," she said, smiling at him warmly.