21.Sep.13, 08:40 PM
Arddra sipped her juice, enjoying spending time with the bronzerider. Morith made it easy to trust his rider and normally, Arddra was an easy going and trusting person. Being kidnapped and forced to stay south had made her suspicious and, to put it mildly, scared. Her time on Candidiate Isle was tough but once she was allowed to leave and was able to Stand at a few Hatchings she realized nobody was going to hurt her. Then somebody did and that just made her distrust all dragonriders to the point she did her best to have as little to no interaction with them. Her fellow candidates who did end up Impressing before her, she was more disposed to trust but not completely.
After three turns she was learning not all dragonriders were evil, criminally inclined or rapists. V'riy was what she would have dreamed a dragonrider truly was. The noble defenders of Pern from the ravages of Thread, not the arrogant, cruel and uncaring bastards she had encountered here.
She trusted V'riy and a part of her wondered if it was just the green and blue riders who were so incapable of being good people. Pushing her doubts aside she focused on V'riy. He had earned her trust and that was all that mattered. The other dragonriders will just have to earn her trust too, if she gave them the chance. Maybe once she was a weyrling she will feel less hesitant to talk to any dragonrider she didn't know prior to their Impressing. Most were still Weyrlings though so that made it easier.
"It was something Weyrleader S'kef mentioned to me at dinner yesterday," Arddra bit her lip hoping she didn't end up angering V'riy. She didn't think he would be angry as she had told S'kef nothing about his displeasure with some leadership decisions in the past. "I mentioned I wanted to go home to visit and he told me he and many others wanted that too. He asked me if I knew of anybody who also wanted to go North and I told him I didn't. Most of the people I know never said anything about wanting to go North but you did tell me you don't agree with the leadership but I also promised I would never tell anybody what you told me. I also trust you far more than I trust S'kef."
After three turns she was learning not all dragonriders were evil, criminally inclined or rapists. V'riy was what she would have dreamed a dragonrider truly was. The noble defenders of Pern from the ravages of Thread, not the arrogant, cruel and uncaring bastards she had encountered here.
She trusted V'riy and a part of her wondered if it was just the green and blue riders who were so incapable of being good people. Pushing her doubts aside she focused on V'riy. He had earned her trust and that was all that mattered. The other dragonriders will just have to earn her trust too, if she gave them the chance. Maybe once she was a weyrling she will feel less hesitant to talk to any dragonrider she didn't know prior to their Impressing. Most were still Weyrlings though so that made it easier.
"It was something Weyrleader S'kef mentioned to me at dinner yesterday," Arddra bit her lip hoping she didn't end up angering V'riy. She didn't think he would be angry as she had told S'kef nothing about his displeasure with some leadership decisions in the past. "I mentioned I wanted to go home to visit and he told me he and many others wanted that too. He asked me if I knew of anybody who also wanted to go North and I told him I didn't. Most of the people I know never said anything about wanting to go North but you did tell me you don't agree with the leadership but I also promised I would never tell anybody what you told me. I also trust you far more than I trust S'kef."