[G] [H] 739.05.28 | Break of Dawn

Nadioth rested behind her eggs, waiting for the human commotion to settle down and for her eggs to do more than wiggle on the hot sands. This is taking far too long. Vaeyla laughed at her impatient dragon and gave her an affectionate pat before raising her hand to cover a yawn that seemingly came out of nowhere. 'Patience, love. Before you know it they will all be hatched, bonded, then leaving with full bellies.' The gold huffed softly as she watched the first of the eggs finally start to crack. It is about time..., Nadioth said absently as she stretched her neck out to watch, with curiosity, as the hatchling inside shoved a blue foot through. Nadioth snorted softly and Vee got a distinct impression that if her dragon had the human ability to roll those multi-faceted eyes, she would have. 'At least it's not a green out first?', she asked with a slightly teasing tone. Nadioth ignored her as she pulled her head back as the egg finally shattered and a healthy little blue, who then stumbled and bumbled toward the candidates, choosing a child who looked no older than her rider's son.

Look there. Your offspring should be out there., the gold said impatiently. 'He's not old enough.', Vee replied as she watched two more eggs hatch, both vastly different shades of green. Vee found herself blinking at the excessively bright green baby, but smiled anyway as she watched them both greet each other, then move off to find their partners. Another blue was hatched, and Vee would have missed it had Nadioth not pointed it out to her. Nadioth uttered a low growl of annoyance as she watched the blue take a serious bite out of a boy's hand before moving off to find his lifemate. Surprisingly the gold did not say anything, only snorted dismissively as it was only a blue and, although the hatchling was hers, he wasn't worth the trouble fussing at. Vee gave the gold a gentle pat as she shook her head. She knew all too well that hatchlings could be quite violent from time to time, at least it was only the boy's hand, he would recover and be just fine.

A short time later another little green hatched without any fuss and went off to find her bonded. She seemed to be a happy thing, chirping as she found and loved on her life partner. Vee much preferred when Impression went smoothly, but she also knew it was never always going to be such. There was a healthy pause between the last green hatchling and the next egg that broke open, revealing yet another green, much to Nadioth's displeasure. I shall never fly again if all my eggs are to hatch green. 'It is only your first clutch love, sometimes it happens this way.' Nadioth was unimpressed with her rider's answer but said no more of it as they both watched the hatchling tumble over and get a face full of sand, which she spent several long moments sneezing about. Oh! There! Look, Nadioth! A bronze! He's a handsome thing too. Yes, I see that. It is about time a worthy hatchling came about. Vee laughed at her comment, but oh did she giggle as she watched that bronze sway himself across the sands to his sister, who of course sneezed on him, causing a pause in his movement.

Oh, can't they get on with it already?, Nadioth complained half-heartedly. 'Patience.' And another green..., the gold complained further. Vee flinched as said green hatchling tumbled into a candidate, tearing flesh and robes, before finding her lifemate. Injury number two. Vee sighed then shrugged as she watched another egg seemed to flop over on its side before cracking and revealing a handsome brown. Handsome he might have been but stocky and violent. Vee barely had time to react once the hatchling barreled into, knocked over, and proceeded to violently kill one of the female candidates. Nadioth gave an angry snarl and started to rise to her feet once she realized what the brown was doing. Thankfully she remembered her rider was there and didn't jump to her feet, giving her the briefest of moments to half slide, half jump off her dragon's leg, as opposed to being thrown across the sands. She still landed hard, and despite trying her best, her entire body was jarred, she'd likely feel it later, and the wind briefly knocked out of her, until the raging temper tantrum started coming across their bond. Shells...

Eyes whirling red, tail lashing out behind her, connecting with the stone of the cave behind her and shells only knew what else, Nadioth started in on her fit of angry, mortified rage. Enough!, the gold snarled directly at the brown hatchling as it moved on to another of the female candidates, seemingly trying to kill her as well. She did not move from behind her clutch but she stood up to her full height and stretched her neck out as far as she could while she growled and snarled at the hatchling, who had apparently had gained his mother's ill temper. 'Nadioth NO!', Vee mentally shouted at her dragon from the sands. Her heart broke for both the girls. It had been many Turns since she had seen such violence on the sands and she wanted to cry for them and their families. However, there were many, many more eggs to hatch and she couldn't have her dragon squashing them in a fit of emotional rage because of one hatchling. Nadioth swung her head around to look at her rider, still growling and upset, shouting for the entire cavern to hear. My hatchlings will NOT, and here she stomped one of her forepaws into the sand solidly, Behave like wild beasts! They will have manners! They will not act like those disgusting, unintelligent cave..things!, the gold raged loudly, her voice echoing in the minds of all within the hatching cavern. She refused, even in a fit of rage, to say the word wher. "YOU will have manners and you WILL settle down RIGHT NOW!", Vee shouted very sternly and very much out loud, at her very upset dragon. There was no sense silently battling when her dragon was raging like she had been personally offended by the brown's actions, for all to hear. At least not for that moment anyway.

Death! Death on MY sands! Unacceptable!, Nadioth continued to rage out loud, the pitch of her voice going up a notch or two, at the indecency of the situation but had sat back on her haunches, staring at her rider as they then, in fact, had a silent battle of wills that the brown-eyed woman finally won. Sadly it was a battle Vee had become all too familiar with over the Turns since she had impressed the gold and generally could back the rage down quickly enough these days, with minimal damages. With another look and growl, at the brown, as he was led off the sands, she settled back down, seething though she still was, to watch over the remainder of her eggs. It took Vee several long moments of deep breaths before she was able to calm herself down enough to let the stress relax from her shoulders and to climb back onto her dragon's offered leg, once she had laid back down of course. I am sorry. Are you hurt?, Nadioth, having managed to calm herself, once again spoke only to her rider. 'You're forgiven, always, and I am fine. Just, be calm. Hatchlings are not like human babies, they are violent sometimes.' I know...but MY hatchlings should know better., the gold huffed then fell silent.