03.Jul.22, 02:48 AM
After her giggle fit from Zory's silly little bit of token defiance, Zelana finished reading the section she was on. She resisted the urge to just fold the corner of the page down to mark her place, instead grabbing the extra slip of paper she'd brought to use as a bookmark so that Gail wouldn't give her that disappointed frown at seeing a book he'd checked out for her being treated poorly.
Since Zory had decided to take over her her brother's lap she decided to move so she could settle in comfortably against Lazerat's chest. It was nice to have him there after all of the stress of the attacks, comforting and secure in a way she hadn't realized she'd wanted. Sure she had friends and Zory and Gail's other siblings, but it wasn't the same as having her own big brother around. Even if she had to restrain herself and avoid some of the affection she wanted to give the man, just being able to cuddle was nice for now. Maybe later once things had calmed down and no one else was around she could steal him away to some secret closet or even borrow K'dar's temporary weyr while he was still in the infirmary.
"You should have seen him early on. He was so pale. The healer had to take some blood from his siblings to put back into him." Zelly reached over to gently pet her friend's hair for a moment. "Rh'us is a very grumpy healer, but at least so far people are recovering pretty quickly. He even let me give my special juice to Gail!" That she was especially proud of, since she was convinced it had helped. She looked up at Laz and grinned. "I've been trying to make a stomach cure that tastes good."
The comment about the trip not being exciting made her pout, and she couldn't help but tease a little as she asked, "You didn't even have any fun with any of the cute sailor boys?" Zelly wasn't sure which was more amusing, just teasing her brother about it or watching Zory turn a shade pink when he heard the question. Maybe she'd let the two of them wander off instead. She'd probably see how Lazerat felt about it later.
For now she thought about the hatching and nodded. "I hope we impress soon too. That would be nice. Maybe the dragons will feel like you and Orgailian are good choices because you're both survivors." She gave Zory's head another encouraging pet at that. "Dragons would probably keep you safer." Zelly conveniently didn't mention or think about how Tiberuth had been directly poisoned and how K'dar was still in the infirmary because of it. "Maybe I'll get lucky and impress too. Get a nice little green since there's no gold. We'll just have to see how it goes." She glanced up at her brother then. "What if you could get a dragon? You could try to become a candidate too."
With only catching some movement out the corner of her eye she reached down to gently bat at Zory's hand. "Stop picking at your stitches."
Since Zory had decided to take over her her brother's lap she decided to move so she could settle in comfortably against Lazerat's chest. It was nice to have him there after all of the stress of the attacks, comforting and secure in a way she hadn't realized she'd wanted. Sure she had friends and Zory and Gail's other siblings, but it wasn't the same as having her own big brother around. Even if she had to restrain herself and avoid some of the affection she wanted to give the man, just being able to cuddle was nice for now. Maybe later once things had calmed down and no one else was around she could steal him away to some secret closet or even borrow K'dar's temporary weyr while he was still in the infirmary.
"You should have seen him early on. He was so pale. The healer had to take some blood from his siblings to put back into him." Zelly reached over to gently pet her friend's hair for a moment. "Rh'us is a very grumpy healer, but at least so far people are recovering pretty quickly. He even let me give my special juice to Gail!" That she was especially proud of, since she was convinced it had helped. She looked up at Laz and grinned. "I've been trying to make a stomach cure that tastes good."
The comment about the trip not being exciting made her pout, and she couldn't help but tease a little as she asked, "You didn't even have any fun with any of the cute sailor boys?" Zelly wasn't sure which was more amusing, just teasing her brother about it or watching Zory turn a shade pink when he heard the question. Maybe she'd let the two of them wander off instead. She'd probably see how Lazerat felt about it later.
For now she thought about the hatching and nodded. "I hope we impress soon too. That would be nice. Maybe the dragons will feel like you and Orgailian are good choices because you're both survivors." She gave Zory's head another encouraging pet at that. "Dragons would probably keep you safer." Zelly conveniently didn't mention or think about how Tiberuth had been directly poisoned and how K'dar was still in the infirmary because of it. "Maybe I'll get lucky and impress too. Get a nice little green since there's no gold. We'll just have to see how it goes." She glanced up at her brother then. "What if you could get a dragon? You could try to become a candidate too."
With only catching some movement out the corner of her eye she reached down to gently bat at Zory's hand. "Stop picking at your stitches."