Unexpectedly Pleasant Company [Kahleena]

Torath rumbled as she patiently treaded water, watching the gold wiggle about in the water as if it were her favorite thing to do in all of Pern. Had Torath been able to smile he would have, he settled for a quiet bugle in her direction and fanned his great wings out, spraying water around them before folding them and making quite the display of diving himself under the water, swimming beneath the gold, coming back up beside her, causing waves as he breached the surface. He had all but forgotten about his rider on the beach who was supposed to be giving him a bath, he had found a much better way to spend his afternoon.

Back on the beach, N'kal was still glaring at his dragon and his showing off for the young queen. He wasn't really all that upset, it did annoy him that the great beast was making a fool of himself for a female. And, speaking of females, his dark eyes watched again the young woman who was the rider of said gold dragon. She was a nervous wreck of a thing, timid too if he was guessing right, at least according to her body language. He gave her a grunt when she answered his question as to what she had done. He hadn't honestly expected her to answer, just to stop doing it. He lifted a brow yet again as she hurried to sit where he had indicated, shaking his head slightly, a bit confused at her behavior. He was a long way from being someone she needed to be so careful around, he didn't give a hoot how she acted. It dawned on him then that she was probably one of the stolen candidates. Torath having caught a bit of his thoughts in between paying attention to Okalinath. Perhaps it is how she was made to behave, you human's have strange behaviors. 'Look who's talking...', he said to Torath without looking back at him, only slightly concerned so far at his behavior with the gold, though he supposed he was right in his observation.

N'kal softened his features a bit more when he saw how she looked at her dragon. One could hardly fault the girl for how she was raised, but she obviously loved her dragon and that made things a bit better. He gave her a hard look when she spoke again then frowned. He was about to answer when he realized she was thinking and gave her a moment to answer, unable to help himself from giving her a crooked half smile and a nod when she gave his name correctly. "That would be correct. However I do apologize, I do not keep up with name's as much as Torath does, and right now he is far to entertained showing off for your Okalinath to provide me with that information." His voice was still a bit gruff but it wasn't nearly as harsh as it had been. "So if you would be so kind as to supply me with your name, I would be appreciative." Apparently Torath's mood was wearing off on him slowly, he was already talking to damn much.

When she flinched at his words he lifted a brow slightly then ignored it. Unless she reacted a bit more strongly then that, it wasn't worth worrying about, as he didn't feel he had said anything to warrant that reaction. He would hope that she would say if he had said something offensive, but then again, given her current temperament, he might be hoping for a while. He glanced back at the dragons, hers having come closer to stand rather then swim, Torath moving up to stand in the water beside her, though the water did not reach as high on him. Silly?, Torath rumbled amused greatly, eyes swirling blues and purples as he continued. How is it silly to beg forgiveness of one so fair?, he crooned at her smoothly, a bit of a teasing tone to his voice, before shaking himself slightly and looked from her to their riders. I am to have a bath soon, at least that was the plan. I would be more then glad to stay here and swim with you if you like. Our rider's won't miss us much I am sure. N'kal needed the company of a female as much as he did, so if Okalinath wanted to swim, he was more then glad to do so with her, if only to force N'kal to be social for as long as possible.