25.Feb.12, 07:49 AM
Of course, what a giveaway. The deeply coloured Blue dragon obviously meant his rider was still within the hut, yet to seek a lift across the Weyr. Volfetti chided herself for not noticing him at first. She gazed at the dragon curled in his hollow beside the hut, he was a very beautiful Blue. Then again, Volfetti thought all the chromatics were beautiful, but Ayyonth almost reminded her of the ocean, of the better days. She didn't get very far with her reminisce before R'nd opened the door. His shock was no surprise, she had kept as far from him as she could since that lustful day. Did he even remember it? She only had a vague memory, while Green flights happened often, she had been exhausted and the flight had been low over the Weyr. What she did recall, she chose not to think about.
"Hey R'nd," she greeted. She saw as his eyes fell to the child that his face betrayed his cheery morning attitude. It was no surprise to her, many men throughout the Weyr did not welcome children into their home, choosing to live a more free bachelor-type lifestyle. His invitation inside and stunning smile brought a flicker of hope into Volfetti's heart. Perhaps he would be willing to father the child after all. Vainly she smiled, having seen R'nd's own stunning one, there was no doubt in her mind that their child would have the most gorgeous smile in the Weyr.
Walking into the center of the main room she turned back to R'nd, her typically bright and warm smile now stretched thin, it was unattractive and made it clear that something was on her mind. Really, how did you tell someone this kind of thing? Taking a deep breath she lifted a hand to stroke her newborn's mop of black hair.
"I, uh. This is Benden…" she introduced, at a loss how to reveal the information. Well, there was no point forestalling it, she had only done so for nine months already. "He's yours."
The words felt foreign and wrong to her, to have to tell her child's father that he was just that. A father should be there, to support the mother and growing child from conception. Given the circumstances, this hadn't happened due to the Weyr's lifestyle. Volfetti had spent the pregnancy contemplating how to do this, whether or not she could raise the child alone. Clearly she had decided against it, otherwise she wouldn't be standing in R'nd's hut.
"Hey R'nd," she greeted. She saw as his eyes fell to the child that his face betrayed his cheery morning attitude. It was no surprise to her, many men throughout the Weyr did not welcome children into their home, choosing to live a more free bachelor-type lifestyle. His invitation inside and stunning smile brought a flicker of hope into Volfetti's heart. Perhaps he would be willing to father the child after all. Vainly she smiled, having seen R'nd's own stunning one, there was no doubt in her mind that their child would have the most gorgeous smile in the Weyr.
Walking into the center of the main room she turned back to R'nd, her typically bright and warm smile now stretched thin, it was unattractive and made it clear that something was on her mind. Really, how did you tell someone this kind of thing? Taking a deep breath she lifted a hand to stroke her newborn's mop of black hair.
"I, uh. This is Benden…" she introduced, at a loss how to reveal the information. Well, there was no point forestalling it, she had only done so for nine months already. "He's yours."
The words felt foreign and wrong to her, to have to tell her child's father that he was just that. A father should be there, to support the mother and growing child from conception. Given the circumstances, this hadn't happened due to the Weyr's lifestyle. Volfetti had spent the pregnancy contemplating how to do this, whether or not she could raise the child alone. Clearly she had decided against it, otherwise she wouldn't be standing in R'nd's hut.