28.Dec.23, 12:40 PM
R'nd was beside himself yet again with how proud he was of one of his kids. It never would have mattered to him what colour they Impressed, just that it was something they wanted and were happy with. The fact that all the kids he was aware of that had Impressed had been to bronze and gold made it harder to keep from puffing out his chest, especially when he was attending a Hatching that belonged to one of their dragons. This was Amagrith and Mylorah's maiden Hatching and he wasn't about to miss it for anything. Having them in the same Weyr as him did make that goal easier, but he would have done anything to make it to the other Weyrs to be there on time and support them.
He knew he wasn't the perfect father and didn't even know he had kids until his youngest was born and that mother broke an apparent rule all of his exes seemed to follow. Was he now trying too hard to make up for lost time? It was possible. Some of the kids seemed to like the attention, but Mylorah wasn't always one of them. She seemed fine being on the fringe of gatherings and didn't have a problem with turning down invites and didn't go out of her way to see him if she wasn't inclined to have time with him. That was okay; he tried his best to be the dad each of his children wanted or needed. Truthfully, Mylorah probably didn't even need his moral support at the Hatching as she seemed comfortable enough on the Sands next to T'drin and occasionally speaking with a Lord or a Weyrleader that stopped by to congratulate her. That in itself made R'nd proud. She knew herself and didn't seek constant approval.
Still, he got there when the Candidates started to arrive thanks to Ayyonth and Larrikith playing lookout with B'jin at his side. They found a good spot to sit where they could see Mylorah off to the side, the gold egg, and the kids he knew of. R'nd was mostly over the shock of a new one popping up out of nowhere given how many times it had happened, but he still couldn't help but eye up some of the other blonde weyrbrats Standing and wondering if any of them were also his.
He knew he wasn't the perfect father and didn't even know he had kids until his youngest was born and that mother broke an apparent rule all of his exes seemed to follow. Was he now trying too hard to make up for lost time? It was possible. Some of the kids seemed to like the attention, but Mylorah wasn't always one of them. She seemed fine being on the fringe of gatherings and didn't have a problem with turning down invites and didn't go out of her way to see him if she wasn't inclined to have time with him. That was okay; he tried his best to be the dad each of his children wanted or needed. Truthfully, Mylorah probably didn't even need his moral support at the Hatching as she seemed comfortable enough on the Sands next to T'drin and occasionally speaking with a Lord or a Weyrleader that stopped by to congratulate her. That in itself made R'nd proud. She knew herself and didn't seek constant approval.
Still, he got there when the Candidates started to arrive thanks to Ayyonth and Larrikith playing lookout with B'jin at his side. They found a good spot to sit where they could see Mylorah off to the side, the gold egg, and the kids he knew of. R'nd was mostly over the shock of a new one popping up out of nowhere given how many times it had happened, but he still couldn't help but eye up some of the other blonde weyrbrats Standing and wondering if any of them were also his.