11.May.22, 02:39 AM
That was an oddly graceful answer and it showed why August Impressed the gold. She not only accepted his words, as late as they were, but gave an excuse for him that showed no ill will. "Keep with those types of diplomatic replies and you'll be a Weyrwoman before you know it." It might be a smaller Weyr given the older golds would likely stay in the larger ones, but maybe one day he would see August running Ista or Igen. But he wasn't delusional enough to see himself as her Weyrleader or even on a bronze.
Orgailian gave a small shrug. "As excited as I am for any, I suppose. We keep setting ourselves up for crushing disappointment, don't we?" He leaned back, resting his hands on the ground behind him and looking up at the sky. The Red Star was up there but he usually struggled to see it well during a sunny day. But with it coming, he knew there would be more chances of Impressing as well thanks to old diaries he had read.
"If I'm meant to Impress, it will happen when it happens. Sometimes I'm grateful for walking away alone so I can be selfish a little longer and do my own thing. Sometimes I'm envious of the way you, for example, have your other half." He enjoyed being alone but also sought out companionship just as regularly. The hatchlings up to that point probably saw his mind and fled, unsure of what to do with him. The right one would know and find him eventually. Maybe he had to find himself a bit more as well.
Orgailian gave a small shrug. "As excited as I am for any, I suppose. We keep setting ourselves up for crushing disappointment, don't we?" He leaned back, resting his hands on the ground behind him and looking up at the sky. The Red Star was up there but he usually struggled to see it well during a sunny day. But with it coming, he knew there would be more chances of Impressing as well thanks to old diaries he had read.
"If I'm meant to Impress, it will happen when it happens. Sometimes I'm grateful for walking away alone so I can be selfish a little longer and do my own thing. Sometimes I'm envious of the way you, for example, have your other half." He enjoyed being alone but also sought out companionship just as regularly. The hatchlings up to that point probably saw his mind and fled, unsure of what to do with him. The right one would know and find him eventually. Maybe he had to find himself a bit more as well.