21.Aug.13, 08:32 PM
S'kef listened absently, only half-focused on the girl's words. He couldn't get a feel for whether she actually wanted to be there speaking with him or not, but he wasn't He didn't pay much attention to what he considered a half-assed, stuttering pseduo-apology until she mentioned his looks, and even then he just smirked. That explained a lot, now didn't it? Women were so weak when it came to such matters. S'kef figured he could get half the girls in the Weyr to do whatever he wanted, were he willing to play to his looks and suck up to them a bit, chivalry and all that.
He could still remember pandering to Tsuen and trying to make the wretch feel important. How amusing she was, thinking she could keep them imprisoned indefinitely using only her dragon's shiny hide! It worked well, however. He was able to get what he wanted from her just by pretending to respect her miserable status. Nirinath could ground the dragons, Tsuen's peace was a fragile and ill-organized one. She was a poor leader and a weakling to boot. Good thing she had others to pick up the slack for her.
Of course, this was no weyrwoman beside him. Arddra wouldn't have been worth the time or effort to manipulate, but more importantly, she said something else during his musings that proved it wouldn't have been necessary even if he had a mind to. She wanted to go home, did she? This time, his smile was very much genuine, though no more gentle.
"Is that so?" he asked, sounding interested for the first time. His eyes widened and his lips continued to curl in a satisfied grin. "That's good to know. A lot of us want to go home," he replied. He took another sip of his wine. Visit, she'd said...the girl must have lost hope that anything more was possible, and she seemed to believe that the world up north had continued to turn without her. S'kef could see the realism and wisdom in that, but he had very different plans for when they finally went home. If he got his way, the world would stop turning when they made their appearance.
How pleasant, to know that he and his close followers were not alone in that desire.
He finished off the rest of the glass in one long gulp, not caring much for manners at that moment. He was delighted. "I'm very pleased to hear that, in fact. Do you know for sure if your friends and associates feel the same as you do?" he inquired casually.
He could still remember pandering to Tsuen and trying to make the wretch feel important. How amusing she was, thinking she could keep them imprisoned indefinitely using only her dragon's shiny hide! It worked well, however. He was able to get what he wanted from her just by pretending to respect her miserable status. Nirinath could ground the dragons, Tsuen's peace was a fragile and ill-organized one. She was a poor leader and a weakling to boot. Good thing she had others to pick up the slack for her.
Of course, this was no weyrwoman beside him. Arddra wouldn't have been worth the time or effort to manipulate, but more importantly, she said something else during his musings that proved it wouldn't have been necessary even if he had a mind to. She wanted to go home, did she? This time, his smile was very much genuine, though no more gentle.
"Is that so?" he asked, sounding interested for the first time. His eyes widened and his lips continued to curl in a satisfied grin. "That's good to know. A lot of us want to go home," he replied. He took another sip of his wine. Visit, she'd said...the girl must have lost hope that anything more was possible, and she seemed to believe that the world up north had continued to turn without her. S'kef could see the realism and wisdom in that, but he had very different plans for when they finally went home. If he got his way, the world would stop turning when they made their appearance.
How pleasant, to know that he and his close followers were not alone in that desire.
He finished off the rest of the glass in one long gulp, not caring much for manners at that moment. He was delighted. "I'm very pleased to hear that, in fact. Do you know for sure if your friends and associates feel the same as you do?" he inquired casually.