03.Jun.19, 02:02 AM
Vaera did her best to follow what Madiquel was saying. She thought she got the gist of it. A Healer walked the tables when they were deemed ready, which was like bonding to a dragon because it depended on when the individual person was deemed ready, by either Master Healers or a dragon. It was a little harder to find a comparison in Healing for Weyrlinghood, and she almost gave up and put it aside for the moment when a thought occurred to her.
“Is it the rider graduating, or the dragon?” She asked, thinking. Fifteen months to the day sounded more like how the Hall said you could be no younger than twelve turns (to the day) to be an Apprentice. Well, with very, very rare exceptions, but Vaera somehow doubted there were never exceptions to the Weyrling Graduation rule too. The dragon had to be old enough for the dragonrider pair to be considered full dragonriders, and a potential Apprentice had to be old enough that they could actually be sure to learn things and be away from home and stuff. It made sense to Vaera, anyway.
She squeaked as the firelizard poofed away, staring wide-eyed at the place where it left. Vaera would have asked after it, but Madiquel seemed not to register it as something to worry about and kept talking, and soon Vaera had a new question.
“Xyxyth is your best friend’s dragon?” If her best friend was graduating, it seemed logical that he would have let her ride his dragon partner. Or was it a he? Dragonriders could be girls, couldn’t they? Madiquel hadn’t used a pronoun, so Vaera couldn’t be sure either way. Most dragonriders were men, just like Healers, so it was a safer bet, but Weyrfolk were also quite strange. Vaera would believe Madiquel’s best friend was a dragonrider girl, it made just as much sense as anything else she knew about the Weyrs.
“Is it the rider graduating, or the dragon?” She asked, thinking. Fifteen months to the day sounded more like how the Hall said you could be no younger than twelve turns (to the day) to be an Apprentice. Well, with very, very rare exceptions, but Vaera somehow doubted there were never exceptions to the Weyrling Graduation rule too. The dragon had to be old enough for the dragonrider pair to be considered full dragonriders, and a potential Apprentice had to be old enough that they could actually be sure to learn things and be away from home and stuff. It made sense to Vaera, anyway.
She squeaked as the firelizard poofed away, staring wide-eyed at the place where it left. Vaera would have asked after it, but Madiquel seemed not to register it as something to worry about and kept talking, and soon Vaera had a new question.
“Xyxyth is your best friend’s dragon?” If her best friend was graduating, it seemed logical that he would have let her ride his dragon partner. Or was it a he? Dragonriders could be girls, couldn’t they? Madiquel hadn’t used a pronoun, so Vaera couldn’t be sure either way. Most dragonriders were men, just like Healers, so it was a safer bet, but Weyrfolk were also quite strange. Vaera would believe Madiquel’s best friend was a dragonrider girl, it made just as much sense as anything else she knew about the Weyrs.