15.Feb.13, 02:30 AM
Bordtai found himself scuffing his feet against the gravel of the path as he watched the pebbles bounce forward ahead of him off the tip of his ill-fitted boots. They were scuffed and dirty, clearly another pair of hand-me-downs that matched the patched material of the rest of his clothes. Not that it really mattered as long as he was fed and clothed and not under the feet of the adults. His birthday had come and gone like any other day of the turn, unannounced and uneventful. Though, if truth be told, Bordtai didn’t mind. He’d managed to sneak away for a walk along the cliff’s near the Weyr and while he’d come back with a bloody knee, it’d been a quiet walk. And quiet was still something he highly valued.
Today, however, he was not turning his feet in the direction of the cliffs for another quiet walk now that his chores were done. Instead, he turned them toward the open Square. There was a slight tinge of a headache that pounded lightly in his head and Bordtai knew he’d regret later that night deciding to walk toward such a crowded place instead of away from it, but there had been something nagging at the back of his mind he wanted to talk to someone about and the only adult he could really think to confront with such a dilemma was the Green Rider, B’jin.
After all, the man not only had a dragon, but last Bordtai had heard, he’d been teaching the candidates how to care for the firelizards that were the current problem on Bordtai’s mind. Born at the Weyr after they had fled the plague and set up in the South, Bordtai had grown up knowing that the firelizards were the reason the plague had even been spread to the Dragon’s in the first place. Why anyone would risk the health of the Weyr by bringing the firelizards back now… he didn’t understand. And to be honest, he’d avoided the little creatures thus far. He didn’t dare risk the health of the Weyr for a pet he’d not even be able to guarantee would stick around.
Finding the green rider with his Weyrling class, Bordtai took a seat not far away and waited paitently for the lessons to be over and class dismissed before he finally dusted off the back of his breeches and approached the man.
“Hullo.” He said softly from behind the man, hoping that the adult wouldn’t find him a bother. Then again, this was the same man who’d personally dragged him to the Healer Hall some time ago and didn’t seem bothered by wasting such time with children.
Today, however, he was not turning his feet in the direction of the cliffs for another quiet walk now that his chores were done. Instead, he turned them toward the open Square. There was a slight tinge of a headache that pounded lightly in his head and Bordtai knew he’d regret later that night deciding to walk toward such a crowded place instead of away from it, but there had been something nagging at the back of his mind he wanted to talk to someone about and the only adult he could really think to confront with such a dilemma was the Green Rider, B’jin.
After all, the man not only had a dragon, but last Bordtai had heard, he’d been teaching the candidates how to care for the firelizards that were the current problem on Bordtai’s mind. Born at the Weyr after they had fled the plague and set up in the South, Bordtai had grown up knowing that the firelizards were the reason the plague had even been spread to the Dragon’s in the first place. Why anyone would risk the health of the Weyr by bringing the firelizards back now… he didn’t understand. And to be honest, he’d avoided the little creatures thus far. He didn’t dare risk the health of the Weyr for a pet he’d not even be able to guarantee would stick around.
Finding the green rider with his Weyrling class, Bordtai took a seat not far away and waited paitently for the lessons to be over and class dismissed before he finally dusted off the back of his breeches and approached the man.
“Hullo.” He said softly from behind the man, hoping that the adult wouldn’t find him a bother. Then again, this was the same man who’d personally dragged him to the Healer Hall some time ago and didn’t seem bothered by wasting such time with children.