04.Mar.13, 07:55 AM
R'ana shrugged and shifted under the rock, trying to free herself. She listened to Oahvakeen and shifted until she no longer had a rock jabbing her back. Or at least until it wasn't jabbing her as badly.
"Male dragons can catch Shanith. Look at the greenriders after flight sometime, Oahvakeen. And...It's stupid but as a woman greenrider, I am the lowest rung on the totem pole. I don't mind that normally, I don't want power, but I know full well that all it takes is the wrong word to a ranker and I get lashed or worse. That scares me."
It was more words than she had ever used and she eased her grip on Oahvakeen's hand a moment. Her ears were ringing and her head hurt but she knew better than going to sleep. That would mean she wouldn't wake up and that would be bad.
She answered his question about dragons quietly. "No, dragons don't eat people. They eat Cattle and wherries, and in Shanith's case, anything she can fit into her mouth. She's a fiend for bubbly pies though. Don't tell anyone by she's part of why they don't cool them on the windowsill anymore. Well, that and the firelizards."
Her voice went quiet and she smiled. "Shanith jsut kinda...lurched to me, and tripped over her wings as she did. I couldn't help but try and get her back on ehr feet and next thing I know she's telling me how hungry she is and why aren't I feeding her before she dies of starvation." She shook her head, words didn't sum it up right, they never would. "And I just...knew, after she ate, that she and I would...work. We're different in a lot of ways. I wish she would look before she leaps, and she wishes I would look only once but...It's like finding a piece of yourself that you didn't know was missing."
She shifted her grip on his hand but didn't let go. "The dragon chooses the rider." She bit her lip then and subsided. When he spoke of wishing he had gone to the bathroom, she snorted a bit.
"Me too." She blushed. "If anything happens, my waterskin burst all over our clothes." She offered that to save him embarrassment and before he could reply asked, "Why metalcraft? What's your favorite part of smithing? How do you manage to bend metal?" She loved learning about crafting and hoped it would get him to relax a bit having something he knew to talk about.
"Male dragons can catch Shanith. Look at the greenriders after flight sometime, Oahvakeen. And...It's stupid but as a woman greenrider, I am the lowest rung on the totem pole. I don't mind that normally, I don't want power, but I know full well that all it takes is the wrong word to a ranker and I get lashed or worse. That scares me."
It was more words than she had ever used and she eased her grip on Oahvakeen's hand a moment. Her ears were ringing and her head hurt but she knew better than going to sleep. That would mean she wouldn't wake up and that would be bad.
She answered his question about dragons quietly. "No, dragons don't eat people. They eat Cattle and wherries, and in Shanith's case, anything she can fit into her mouth. She's a fiend for bubbly pies though. Don't tell anyone by she's part of why they don't cool them on the windowsill anymore. Well, that and the firelizards."
Her voice went quiet and she smiled. "Shanith jsut kinda...lurched to me, and tripped over her wings as she did. I couldn't help but try and get her back on ehr feet and next thing I know she's telling me how hungry she is and why aren't I feeding her before she dies of starvation." She shook her head, words didn't sum it up right, they never would. "And I just...knew, after she ate, that she and I would...work. We're different in a lot of ways. I wish she would look before she leaps, and she wishes I would look only once but...It's like finding a piece of yourself that you didn't know was missing."
She shifted her grip on his hand but didn't let go. "The dragon chooses the rider." She bit her lip then and subsided. When he spoke of wishing he had gone to the bathroom, she snorted a bit.
"Me too." She blushed. "If anything happens, my waterskin burst all over our clothes." She offered that to save him embarrassment and before he could reply asked, "Why metalcraft? What's your favorite part of smithing? How do you manage to bend metal?" She loved learning about crafting and hoped it would get him to relax a bit having something he knew to talk about.