21.Mar.21, 05:23 PM
“I know you tried. Things are kinda stupid sometimes.” He awkwardly nudged the bowl with the flowers in it at her. “Here, you can have these. They’re pretty, like…” He trailed off, not sure where he was going with that. “Like those glass things your ma makes. They need water and sunshine. But they’re probably easier to take care of than a new-hatched firelizard.” A giggle escaped him at the thought of struggling to keep a growing flit fed, and he felt his stomach jump at the thought that he’d soon know what it felt like.
She asked if she should leave, and for a moment, he thought he might ask her to do just that. But, before he knew what he was saying, the words were already out of his mouth. “No, please stay…”
The words hung in the air, and he could almost feel them vibrating with the subtle humming coming from Jasper and the couple of firelizards that had joined from the neighboring weyrs. Tadarell had missed his friend. He missed playing and running across the bowl with her. He even kind-of missed her beating him in footraces. And, after their other friend had died, he had to admit he was feeling even lonelier the past couple of days.
The egg rocked in the pot of sand, it’s inhabitant ready to make her appearance very shortly. “Please…maybe you can hand me those meat rolls so I don’t have to fumble around for them when she hatches?”
She asked if she should leave, and for a moment, he thought he might ask her to do just that. But, before he knew what he was saying, the words were already out of his mouth. “No, please stay…”
The words hung in the air, and he could almost feel them vibrating with the subtle humming coming from Jasper and the couple of firelizards that had joined from the neighboring weyrs. Tadarell had missed his friend. He missed playing and running across the bowl with her. He even kind-of missed her beating him in footraces. And, after their other friend had died, he had to admit he was feeling even lonelier the past couple of days.
The egg rocked in the pot of sand, it’s inhabitant ready to make her appearance very shortly. “Please…maybe you can hand me those meat rolls so I don’t have to fumble around for them when she hatches?”