09.Feb.12, 07:40 PM
It was a good thing Erisi didn't call I'shan's bluff. The elegant bluerider was easily frightened by physical violence. Even now, his heart quivered in subtle but vivid fear, knowing well that he might be getting himself into trouble. Would the Weyrleaders ever forgive him if he got in a fight with his own candidate? Not likely, and he knew it. Still, his pride was at stake. Erisi's attitude was rotton and his words stung. On some level, I'shan knew that Erisi was right. Stealing candidates was wrong. What good would it do to apologize, though. Never again would Erisi trust the bluerider, and never again would any exchange between them be friendly. It was hardly worth groveling to the boy over a lost cause, mechanically repeating the same winded excuses that made sense to I'shan but would offer no consolation to Erisi.
"You'd be surprised!" he said promptly, pointing a thin finger at Erisi and smirking. He artfully sidestepped the political issues by going for the throat when it came to the personal ones. Arguing policy with Erisi was only going to make them both feel worse. "I have no trouble finding company to warm my bed, if that's what you are implying. But you? You shriek like a green in heat, taunting people to pursue you. Where are your suitors, Erisi? Perhaps you would have some friends if you would loosen up," he said sharply.
He was willing to sink lower still. His pride was hurt and Erisi's hostility put the bluerider in a self-defensive mode. "And how dare you suggest that we do what we do as an outlet for physical frustration? If that were the case, do you honestly think you are the one I would have selected?"
"You'd be surprised!" he said promptly, pointing a thin finger at Erisi and smirking. He artfully sidestepped the political issues by going for the throat when it came to the personal ones. Arguing policy with Erisi was only going to make them both feel worse. "I have no trouble finding company to warm my bed, if that's what you are implying. But you? You shriek like a green in heat, taunting people to pursue you. Where are your suitors, Erisi? Perhaps you would have some friends if you would loosen up," he said sharply.
He was willing to sink lower still. His pride was hurt and Erisi's hostility put the bluerider in a self-defensive mode. "And how dare you suggest that we do what we do as an outlet for physical frustration? If that were the case, do you honestly think you are the one I would have selected?"