12.Jul.22, 09:39 PM
"Scared?" Siro frowned at first until he saw the added question about the attacks. "Oh, I don't actually know if the attacks are done. The Weyrwoman was poisoned right before the hatching in Benden, things got locked down... I don't really think I'm scared to go to Fort. There were deaths everywhere last year, even after dad increased patrols around the Weyr." It didn't seem to have done any good back then, but that might have just been his own cynicism and a dour mood making him think that. Maybe a bunch more would have died, he'd certainly never know.
He shook his head. "I don't think it would really do anything to help if I constantly thought something around the corner was going to kill me. It was muffins you know... last time it was poisoned muffins left in the victims' weyrs. I think they said this time it was the fizzy bath bubbles. Oh and the oil for K'dar." Siro sighed. "Though dad would probably worrry a lot if I did go. And we already have a gold that's going to clutch so I guess skipping Fort's hatching wouldn't really be terrible. I just don't want to disappoint my dad by not trying." He reached up to scratch at the side of his jaw and added, "Don't tell him I said that. He'll just go on and on about how he's not disappointed and then make me go camping with him."
Not that he didn't enjoy camping with his dad, S'far just usually ended up trying a little too hard sometimes; conspicuously apply pressure by showing off how much he wasn't applying pressure. He shrugged slightly. "Either way, if we end up going I'll introduce you to some friends. And if we don't then I'll at least make sure to introduce you to Fetch. He's a nice guy, but not very bright. He can draw really well though! I was one of his reading tutors when he first came to the Weyr from Crom Hold."
Since he imagined it would be easier to write if they weren't lying down, he relented and gave Chir a tiny shove so he could adjust his pile of pillows into something that would make for a more comfortable slightly upright lounge. "There. So what else did you do while I was gone? And did you want to do anything now that I'm back?"
He shook his head. "I don't think it would really do anything to help if I constantly thought something around the corner was going to kill me. It was muffins you know... last time it was poisoned muffins left in the victims' weyrs. I think they said this time it was the fizzy bath bubbles. Oh and the oil for K'dar." Siro sighed. "Though dad would probably worrry a lot if I did go. And we already have a gold that's going to clutch so I guess skipping Fort's hatching wouldn't really be terrible. I just don't want to disappoint my dad by not trying." He reached up to scratch at the side of his jaw and added, "Don't tell him I said that. He'll just go on and on about how he's not disappointed and then make me go camping with him."
Not that he didn't enjoy camping with his dad, S'far just usually ended up trying a little too hard sometimes; conspicuously apply pressure by showing off how much he wasn't applying pressure. He shrugged slightly. "Either way, if we end up going I'll introduce you to some friends. And if we don't then I'll at least make sure to introduce you to Fetch. He's a nice guy, but not very bright. He can draw really well though! I was one of his reading tutors when he first came to the Weyr from Crom Hold."
Since he imagined it would be easier to write if they weren't lying down, he relented and gave Chir a tiny shove so he could adjust his pile of pillows into something that would make for a more comfortable slightly upright lounge. "There. So what else did you do while I was gone? And did you want to do anything now that I'm back?"