03.Feb.13, 02:21 AM
She wondered why he hadn't seen his child recently, but didn't ask. She knew Jada helped out with her care, and figured it was between D'ren and Jada. Jada seemed well meaning, and from the glimpses R'ana had seen of her with Tsereni, like she truly cared.
She thought, then reached for Shanith. It was hard for the green to do this with anyone but her, at least on purpose but...
Shanith? She felt the dragons attention focus on her and asked. Can you show D'ren images as I talk? It might help him a bit to see some of this, especially the happier things.
She felt her dragon's enthusiastic acceptance, and felt her reach for D'ren. Gently Shanith. He won't thank us if you give him a headache.
She debated what and how much to tell him, then settled on all that she knew. "I don't know much. But I'll tell you what I do know. I'm sorry, I stay away from politics unless it looks like it will hurt Shanith if I ignore it. But...you know S'kef is full on weyr leader now? It seems Tsuen supports him, for the present moment." She cast around for a bright spot, after that.
Shanith helped there, showing a flash of a gold dragon silhouetted against the moonlit sky to both people. "Krypth rose again, she was caught by N'gelt's brown. Jada seemed fine after, though I only saw her from a distance the next day." She smiled. "I heard that Krypth gorged less this time, so there might be a better sized clutch." She wasn't sure if that was wishful thinking hazed by dragonlust.
She paused in thought. Shanith dug around in her memories a moment, and then flashed an image to D'ren, this time of Tsereni, R'ana, several other young children and a toddler with R'ana's dark hair and eyes all playing with a large ball. The love and protectiveness she had felt during the moment was sent along with the memory, the green not quite able to filter it out. R'ana blushed and changed the subject, grateful for his question.
"I don't know much about the investigation. I...I spend alot of time out of the weyr, the upset causes Shanith to act up more than usual and I don't want to draw anyone's attention really." She leaned forward. "Alot of talk, alot of running around. I seem to remember a bunch of riders caught near or in your hut looking for clues. I think S'kef is really trying to find the person who did this. A person willing to kill a rider and their dragon is someone we don't want running around the weyr, especially when you and Ronarth did nothing to deserve it." She bit her lip. "If you like, I can talk to people, they are afraid to come see you, and since so few have seen you, there's a bit of doubt you really are alive. Some of them might know more."
Absently, wishing she could help more, she reached for his hand and squeezed it, the beads pressing into his hand and R'ana wracking her mind for something useful to say.
She thought, then reached for Shanith. It was hard for the green to do this with anyone but her, at least on purpose but...
Shanith? She felt the dragons attention focus on her and asked. Can you show D'ren images as I talk? It might help him a bit to see some of this, especially the happier things.
She felt her dragon's enthusiastic acceptance, and felt her reach for D'ren. Gently Shanith. He won't thank us if you give him a headache.
She debated what and how much to tell him, then settled on all that she knew. "I don't know much. But I'll tell you what I do know. I'm sorry, I stay away from politics unless it looks like it will hurt Shanith if I ignore it. But...you know S'kef is full on weyr leader now? It seems Tsuen supports him, for the present moment." She cast around for a bright spot, after that.
Shanith helped there, showing a flash of a gold dragon silhouetted against the moonlit sky to both people. "Krypth rose again, she was caught by N'gelt's brown. Jada seemed fine after, though I only saw her from a distance the next day." She smiled. "I heard that Krypth gorged less this time, so there might be a better sized clutch." She wasn't sure if that was wishful thinking hazed by dragonlust.
She paused in thought. Shanith dug around in her memories a moment, and then flashed an image to D'ren, this time of Tsereni, R'ana, several other young children and a toddler with R'ana's dark hair and eyes all playing with a large ball. The love and protectiveness she had felt during the moment was sent along with the memory, the green not quite able to filter it out. R'ana blushed and changed the subject, grateful for his question.
"I don't know much about the investigation. I...I spend alot of time out of the weyr, the upset causes Shanith to act up more than usual and I don't want to draw anyone's attention really." She leaned forward. "Alot of talk, alot of running around. I seem to remember a bunch of riders caught near or in your hut looking for clues. I think S'kef is really trying to find the person who did this. A person willing to kill a rider and their dragon is someone we don't want running around the weyr, especially when you and Ronarth did nothing to deserve it." She bit her lip. "If you like, I can talk to people, they are afraid to come see you, and since so few have seen you, there's a bit of doubt you really are alive. Some of them might know more."
Absently, wishing she could help more, she reached for his hand and squeezed it, the beads pressing into his hand and R'ana wracking her mind for something useful to say.