18.Dec.13, 12:42 PM
Ali softened slightly as he felt the softness of a fire lizard's nose against his fingers. He looked down to see Stubborn, adorable with her tender, buttery hide and her dark blotches, nuzzling sweetly and confusedly against him. The greenrider let out a slow and soft sigh, pausing and lifting the hand to delicately stroke her. "Hey there, pretty lady," he said gently to the little beast. She looks worried. I wonder if fire lizards actually worry, or if it just looks that way to me... he mused.
Ravana's request was simple enough. Ali didn't react at first, instead peering down at the fire lizard. After a couple seconds of digestion, he looked back at the creature's bonded and offered her a slow, stoic nod. "Of course. I won't tell anyone," he promised. He adjusted his posture a little bit, perhaps to mask his mild discomfort at the topic. "...It's greenrider business and no one else's," he assured her.
He'd be damned if he told anyone and exposed the poor woman to any more shame and hardship than she'd already known. At least he never had to worry about this particular outcome of a bad flight. Being a greenrider sucked without having to deal with being a woman, too. Ali would never understand why the poor things were so shamed for their bond to a man's dragon. Shouldn't it have been a sign of fortitude, not of shame? That she could handle something that was so often thought of as a man's domain?
The world didn't make sense, not to Ali. He sometimes wondered if it ever would.
Ravana's request was simple enough. Ali didn't react at first, instead peering down at the fire lizard. After a couple seconds of digestion, he looked back at the creature's bonded and offered her a slow, stoic nod. "Of course. I won't tell anyone," he promised. He adjusted his posture a little bit, perhaps to mask his mild discomfort at the topic. "...It's greenrider business and no one else's," he assured her.
He'd be damned if he told anyone and exposed the poor woman to any more shame and hardship than she'd already known. At least he never had to worry about this particular outcome of a bad flight. Being a greenrider sucked without having to deal with being a woman, too. Ali would never understand why the poor things were so shamed for their bond to a man's dragon. Shouldn't it have been a sign of fortitude, not of shame? That she could handle something that was so often thought of as a man's domain?
The world didn't make sense, not to Ali. He sometimes wondered if it ever would.