02.Oct.12, 08:55 AM
"It doesn't always suck," I'shan offered, trying to be positive. It was hard to be positive about things like this, especially when they loomed so fresh on the mind. It still charmed I'shan to see the young man so concerned for the damage he'd wrought. I'shan wished he'd had that level of consideration for some of his victims over the turns.
I'shan slid down in the water, trying to hide the new frown that had appeared on his face. "He can't stop Ilv from chasing..." the bluerider muttered. N'gelt didn't have that level of power over him! Did he?
The bluerider sighed. "It hasn't gotten to that point yet," he grumbled. In fact, N'gelt had been oddly understanding about flights. He hadn't even batted an eyelash when I'shan won Par'a, and she was a woman. That had been a bad day, but it became much more tolerable when I'shan got home to find that his partner wasn't angry with him.
"...He wouldn't do that to me," I'shan asserted afterwards, more to himself. Maybe this was why he'd been so interested in (and so badly behaved during) flights lately. It was a sort of freedom that he hadn't missed until it was gone. The bluerider sighed. "I guess flights are good outlets. I'm really sorry you've had such bad luck so far, though...it'll get easier as time passes," he said, trying to switch back to a more supportive role rather than whining about himself. He'd become increasingly aware of his own selfishness lately, and he was doing his best to curb it. The results were mixed, but right now he wasn't failing too badly.
He almost felt privileged that Valerian was bothering to talk to him.
Then, a delayed reaction: "N'gelt," I'shan said with a small laugh, amused by Valerian's dry indifference. It had maddened I'shan to have his name constantly forgotten, but now that it was no longer him, it was funny!
I'shan slid down in the water, trying to hide the new frown that had appeared on his face. "He can't stop Ilv from chasing..." the bluerider muttered. N'gelt didn't have that level of power over him! Did he?
The bluerider sighed. "It hasn't gotten to that point yet," he grumbled. In fact, N'gelt had been oddly understanding about flights. He hadn't even batted an eyelash when I'shan won Par'a, and she was a woman. That had been a bad day, but it became much more tolerable when I'shan got home to find that his partner wasn't angry with him.
"...He wouldn't do that to me," I'shan asserted afterwards, more to himself. Maybe this was why he'd been so interested in (and so badly behaved during) flights lately. It was a sort of freedom that he hadn't missed until it was gone. The bluerider sighed. "I guess flights are good outlets. I'm really sorry you've had such bad luck so far, though...it'll get easier as time passes," he said, trying to switch back to a more supportive role rather than whining about himself. He'd become increasingly aware of his own selfishness lately, and he was doing his best to curb it. The results were mixed, but right now he wasn't failing too badly.
He almost felt privileged that Valerian was bothering to talk to him.
Then, a delayed reaction: "N'gelt," I'shan said with a small laugh, amused by Valerian's dry indifference. It had maddened I'shan to have his name constantly forgotten, but now that it was no longer him, it was funny!