13.Dec.23, 04:05 PM
Ferrier duty was quite often the domain of the chromatic dragons and weyrlings. The metallics tended to be far too involved in the day-to-day management of the Weyrs to be diverted away for such things but today, I'serin had volunteered for it mostly because he wanted a change of scenery. The snows had settled across the High Reaches, blanketing peaks and valleys in varying shades of white. After a few weeks, the beauty of such pristine and silence stirred an unsettling primal thought that spring would never return, which was irrational, he knew, but one's brain did not always make rational thoughts.
That feeling rapidly fled the moment Aluneth appeared high over Igen Weyr. Exhaling a small sigh of relief as they were greeted with greens and browns, I'serin gave Aluneth the command to circle in a wide pattern, taking their time. What do we know of Nonalia and her Laniath? he asked of his dragon.
Aside from their rank? Nothing personal. However, that could be...amended. There was an intriguing purr to Aluneth's voice, to which I'serin raised an eyebrow.
Sire a clutch and now you hunger for another? he teased. He felt Aluneth's snort under his legs and laughed. Privately though, I'serin was glad that Aluneth was showing interest at all. I'serin himself was plenty reserved when it came to romance and had worried that his preferences would inhibit his dragon, which did Pern itself no good since bronzes were needed to provide a strong genetic diversity.
Let us hope then that she enjoys books, he said to Aluneth as the dragon angled in for a landing. He shot a glance at the books, maps, and other reading material strapped to Aluneth's flanks -- one last check to make sure their cargo wouldn't come unbound upon landing -- and then looked down at the ledge as Aluneth fanned his wings to touch down.
That feeling rapidly fled the moment Aluneth appeared high over Igen Weyr. Exhaling a small sigh of relief as they were greeted with greens and browns, I'serin gave Aluneth the command to circle in a wide pattern, taking their time. What do we know of Nonalia and her Laniath? he asked of his dragon.
Aside from their rank? Nothing personal. However, that could be...amended. There was an intriguing purr to Aluneth's voice, to which I'serin raised an eyebrow.
Sire a clutch and now you hunger for another? he teased. He felt Aluneth's snort under his legs and laughed. Privately though, I'serin was glad that Aluneth was showing interest at all. I'serin himself was plenty reserved when it came to romance and had worried that his preferences would inhibit his dragon, which did Pern itself no good since bronzes were needed to provide a strong genetic diversity.
Let us hope then that she enjoys books, he said to Aluneth as the dragon angled in for a landing. He shot a glance at the books, maps, and other reading material strapped to Aluneth's flanks -- one last check to make sure their cargo wouldn't come unbound upon landing -- and then looked down at the ledge as Aluneth fanned his wings to touch down.