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25.Aug.12, 11:58 PM
When the rider-father asked about his other education, Bordtai visibly perked up just slightly at the opportunity to explain that he wasn’t completely a dimglow, just a little bit of one. Lifting his head up from staring at the grass, he looked at the rider with the slightest swell of pride in his chest – not nearly as much as another Weyrbrat would have expressed at lesser feats, but then again Bordtai didn’t have nearly the practice at actually being proud about something.
“Oh I can do numbers, sir.” He said quickly, before that slight swell of pride completely disappeared and his thin chest dropped visibly. “Well, not on parchment. Those symbols are… difficult… too, but I can solve the problems in my head if I hear them out loud. I can solve the older class’s problems, but since I can’t write them… They have me keep practicing in Andi’s class in the corner so I don’t hold nobody else back.”
And just like that any pride he had was gone, flicker of hope a thing of the past as he plucked at the grass between his feet once more. For a moment, he glanced at the little girl again as he considered. “Andi’s good at all of it though. I bet having a harper-father helps. You make her smarter. All the children with rider-father’s are smarter than I am.”
Of course that was it. Having a family had to make you smarter, it was the easiest way to explain it.
“Oh I can do numbers, sir.” He said quickly, before that slight swell of pride completely disappeared and his thin chest dropped visibly. “Well, not on parchment. Those symbols are… difficult… too, but I can solve the problems in my head if I hear them out loud. I can solve the older class’s problems, but since I can’t write them… They have me keep practicing in Andi’s class in the corner so I don’t hold nobody else back.”
And just like that any pride he had was gone, flicker of hope a thing of the past as he plucked at the grass between his feet once more. For a moment, he glanced at the little girl again as he considered. “Andi’s good at all of it though. I bet having a harper-father helps. You make her smarter. All the children with rider-father’s are smarter than I am.”
Of course that was it. Having a family had to make you smarter, it was the easiest way to explain it.
