11.Dec.12, 05:26 PM
A'liran listened patiently. "You sound like me, kid," he said, eyeing the food with mistrust before finishing off his klah. He appreciated the optimism, but he wondered if Seijin had comprehended a word he'd said before. This wasn't about people changing. This was about people turning on each other.
"I was ready to take over the world with my baby green. Everything was fine when she was little. Everyone compared what they got, of course, and became conscious of the way the mature riders treated one another...and well, my classmates saw blue and brownriders walkin' all over greens and they thought 'well, damn! I wanna do that, too!'." He shook his head.
"You be better than that, right kid?" He gave a flat smile. "And don't worry. The search dragon wouldn't have pulled you if you didn't belong on a dragon. I had to wait a damn long time for mine, but not everyone does," he commented. He remembered how much it burned him to see people Impressing on their first try. "I'm sure you've heard that before, but everyone'll say the same cause it's always true, no matter how many times you say it. There's a dragon waiting for you, but it doesn't always come right away. Sometimes, it takes a while...sometimes it comes before you know you're ready."
"I was ready to take over the world with my baby green. Everything was fine when she was little. Everyone compared what they got, of course, and became conscious of the way the mature riders treated one another...and well, my classmates saw blue and brownriders walkin' all over greens and they thought 'well, damn! I wanna do that, too!'." He shook his head.
"You be better than that, right kid?" He gave a flat smile. "And don't worry. The search dragon wouldn't have pulled you if you didn't belong on a dragon. I had to wait a damn long time for mine, but not everyone does," he commented. He remembered how much it burned him to see people Impressing on their first try. "I'm sure you've heard that before, but everyone'll say the same cause it's always true, no matter how many times you say it. There's a dragon waiting for you, but it doesn't always come right away. Sometimes, it takes a while...sometimes it comes before you know you're ready."