Comfort in Unlikely Places [Indivara]

Indivara laughed, not bothering to rise to the bait as she shook her head in amusement. She should have foreseen the words she had spoken being taken in such a manner. The girl put it down to the long day that she had not, and that she found his response more amusing than annoying. That, in itself, truly told her how much she had been shaken and she had no doubt that V’ler was quite capable of picking up on as much himself. She blinked owlishly when the bluerider changed the topic of conversation.

Her eyebrows arched almost mockingly as she stared up at V’ler. “I thought getting the bed to myself was one of the few benefits I retained for being female.” Her voice was drier than the desert sand, and she watched V’ler without a hint of further investment, but her blue eyes were sharp and held his gaze. Indivara had long been aware of the restrictions that came with her being female, but she was also aware of some of the few benefits. Unfortunately, she was also quite aware that being Weyrbred, many considered her immune to such benefits; she was curious to see where V’ler stood on such things, though she expected she knew: he simply did not care, one way or the other.

Her lip twitched, and an eyebrow arched on its own at the invitation to bath, but Indivara nodded slowly, even as she schooled her expression carefully. A deep breath was taken, and then released between almost-pursed lips, just enough space to not cause a whistling sound. She battled back the memories and grimaced, nodding once more; a bath would be beyond a good idea. Indivara was not sure she would ever be clean from the horrid touch of the contents of that egg, but a hot bath would certainly be a good place to start.

“Okay.” She stated simply, and held her hand out so he could pull her to her feet, and lead the way to the blue dragon.