25.Feb.21, 09:36 PM
Ferra blushed as she kept trying to hide the book against herself even tighter, mortified at being rude enough to be scolded. He was right after all, she could have and should have just asked him to get the book instead of panicking about it. "I know... I'm sorry I should have asked. Thank you for getting it for me. And I've been here for more than a year." She wasn't sure what to make of him knowing her brother, maybe she would ask Fen about it later, but for now she could still be wary. After all, he could have been one of those riders who'd had a Flight with him; that didn't mean he was a friend.
D'io's confession startled her into further silence. He couldn't read? Maybe he was a drudge too... or at the very least not from a rich family. All of the rich folk she'd seen knew how to read, even if they never did it and just wasted their education. His request that she read the book to him left her turning a brilliant shade of red as she shook her head furiously. "No! Not this one! It's... it's not a good book. It's terrible and not something you should hear and not something I should read either. That's why it has to go back."
Ferra frowned, mulling over how hopeful he sounded but also still stuck on his illiteracy. "Why don't you know? They have classes in the Weyr. You should know how to read." She felt guilty asking such personal questions and instead decided to try and make up for her rudeness in a different way. "Maybe I can try to read a different book to you after we drop this one off."
D'io's confession startled her into further silence. He couldn't read? Maybe he was a drudge too... or at the very least not from a rich family. All of the rich folk she'd seen knew how to read, even if they never did it and just wasted their education. His request that she read the book to him left her turning a brilliant shade of red as she shook her head furiously. "No! Not this one! It's... it's not a good book. It's terrible and not something you should hear and not something I should read either. That's why it has to go back."
Ferra frowned, mulling over how hopeful he sounded but also still stuck on his illiteracy. "Why don't you know? They have classes in the Weyr. You should know how to read." She felt guilty asking such personal questions and instead decided to try and make up for her rudeness in a different way. "Maybe I can try to read a different book to you after we drop this one off."