15.Aug.13, 08:55 AM
His eyes widened at Arddra's emotion filled response. They'd both been stolen quite a few turns back, long enough to adjust to their new life. His fellow candidate still seemed quite angry about it all. He'd probably been quick than some to accept what had been done and move on. He winced as she stabbed her blade into a fish, making a quick decisions to tread lightly. Angry women with sharp knives were something to be careful with.
"Yes I am sure they still are very worried." He agreed, keeping a discreet eye on the knife in her hand. "I don't know if the leaders considered the affect taking people from the North would have, but I don't know if they had many other options." He paused for a moment, trying to choose his words carefully. "From what little I know if there aren't enough candidates hatchlings will go between. I imagine that would be pretty upsetting to the entire Weyr and who knows what else could happen." He poked idly at a fish with his blade. "I don't know if taking candidates was absolutely right or wrong. At the time I don't think they had any other choice, especially if they wanted to remain hidden. I suppose they could have tried to just take those who weren't happy with their current life, but what's done is done. We are here now and there really isn't much we can do to change it." He finished with a shrug.
Trelanvor had accepted what had happened as one big adventure. He didn't have any control over what had happened in the past nor could he change it. Not that he wanted to either. It would have been nice to let his family know he was a candidate, but he tended not to focus on things out of his control.
"We've both been given a chance at something very few get Arddra. Maybe it didn't play out the way we would have liked, but that can't be helped now. Being angry about something you can't change is only going to hold you back. You can't move ahead if you're tied to the past. Oh hey that's pretty good, I need to remember that one." His brief display of maturity was replaced by a proud smile as he softly murmured the words back to himself lest he forget them.
"Yes I am sure they still are very worried." He agreed, keeping a discreet eye on the knife in her hand. "I don't know if the leaders considered the affect taking people from the North would have, but I don't know if they had many other options." He paused for a moment, trying to choose his words carefully. "From what little I know if there aren't enough candidates hatchlings will go between. I imagine that would be pretty upsetting to the entire Weyr and who knows what else could happen." He poked idly at a fish with his blade. "I don't know if taking candidates was absolutely right or wrong. At the time I don't think they had any other choice, especially if they wanted to remain hidden. I suppose they could have tried to just take those who weren't happy with their current life, but what's done is done. We are here now and there really isn't much we can do to change it." He finished with a shrug.
Trelanvor had accepted what had happened as one big adventure. He didn't have any control over what had happened in the past nor could he change it. Not that he wanted to either. It would have been nice to let his family know he was a candidate, but he tended not to focus on things out of his control.
"We've both been given a chance at something very few get Arddra. Maybe it didn't play out the way we would have liked, but that can't be helped now. Being angry about something you can't change is only going to hold you back. You can't move ahead if you're tied to the past. Oh hey that's pretty good, I need to remember that one." His brief display of maturity was replaced by a proud smile as he softly murmured the words back to himself lest he forget them.