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Turning to R'than as the meeting came to a close, Lyveana offered him a wan smile and motioned with a smooth motion of her hand for him to seat himself near her at the table she had been sitting at before the wing had arrived. After A'ras had left, most of the others had drifted away, but Lyveana wouldn't have minded all that much of others chose to remain nearby to listen in. "R'than, it is good to meet you in person, would you care to have a seat with me so we can discuss some things?"

His silent support after the bluerider's display of temper had helped with the sudden dropping of her stomach, as had the staunch support of the other riders. If nothing else, she could count on most of the men and women she had met today on trying their damnedest because that was just the kind of riders they were. Good group, overall! But she had to know where R'than stood. She hadn't missed the expressions that did manage to cross his grave features, but she couldn't draw concrete conclusions from them either.

As Lyveana was still operating under the general impression that R'than was taking this, mostly, in stride, had she known how chaotic and outraged his thoughts were, she would have waited for him to settle down before speaking to him. His reputation among the Weyrfolk was a good one, and labeled him as an honest, hard-working rider with the dignified air of class A experience. She had no reason to suspect that he had taken such a bigoted dislike of her solely because she rode a green.

He was giving nothing away with his expression either, and while he did seem a bit tense, it was nothing that couldn't be chalked up to the weight of new responsibility or meeting new people. Faranth knew she was nervous! So when Lyveana did speak again, it was with the tone of someone speaking too an experienced rider, not a Wingleader asking her Wingsecond's opinion. No matter what foolish notions the brownrider had cooked up in his head, she was not the type of woman who steamrolled over her comrades. She would always do what she had to do, just as she had already said to the Wing. If it meant insulting or consoling them, she was more then ready to do it, but she would not abuse them for her own selfish gains.

"The basics. You have been in a Wing before, as have I. We both know what the leadership must do in order to maintain order within a fighting unit and I would like to discuss what our plan will be." She said, sitting down across from him. "I hope to avoid mistakes due to miscommunication, and to let you know that above all else, I value honesty. If for any reason you, personally, think what I am doing is wrong... I need to know whether you'll feel comfortable enough to tell me." The last was hard to say, though not because she had any stupid attachment to power. Lyveana would be the first to admit that she had an ego, and she had just set herself up as a walking target for criticism by accepting this position. Criticism was a hard pill for anyone to swallow, but Lyv would do her best to take as much of the political burden as she could, hopefully freeing her Wing from the windfall. To do so, however, she needed to know that R'than would be upfront and honest with her, since she valued his experience as a long time dragonrider. If he had no complaints about her abilities, she could deal with the rest.

"My former Wingleader was a good man, and I hope I can emulate him in many ways. He would have never allowed a display of temper like that bluerider, but then again, I doubt he would have taken a green being chosen as a Wingleader in stride either. " Her smile was rueful, but not regretful. A'ras, despite his foul tongue, had aired valid points and she had had to address them. "He also had an open ledge policy with his Wingseconds, wherein they could come to him at any time with questions or concerns. That policy is one I wish to have with you as well."

Somehow, Lyveana was not surprised by R'than's outline of A'ras and his blue dragon's vices. That rider struck her as the type who wouldn't know what to do in a really tough situation the moment his tongue failed him, even if someone were holding a sign pointing out the escape route. Still, she disagreed about getting rid of him as soon as possible. She was fond of the adage, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. In the Wing, she could at least monitor his actions, and the optimist in her hoped that given time, he might come around to a tolerable working relationship. The man was a dragonrider after all!

"Perhaps I am naive for thinking that this thing with A'ras will eventually work itself out one way or the other. But I strongly feel that if I made a move to silence him by removing him from the wing, that would only serve to spread dissent among the riders who are at least willing to give this a go." She replied, speaking aloud her thoughts once R'than had said he would be honest with her. "Of course, I will not tolerate any more if his disrespect. He is welcome to air his troubles with me in a civilized manner, but I think you and I can rest assured that the Leadership will not listen to the words of one disgruntled bluerider." Well, she hoped so anyway. There were still some things she was herself uneasy about. The bad blood between the Senior and Junior Weyrwomen was well known, and while Lyveana knew she had Helirra supporting her, she wasn't entirely sure how long such protection would last. "And Ruinnth is more then capable of handling Cavaruth." She added, her confidence in her green obvious and without a trace of worry.

"Two mornings from now I am going to call everyone together again for a simple V formation drill. It should give us a better chance to assess our riders abilities so we can place them better within the different formations. I'll have some hidework due to D'tai soon about where we will best be suited in the Flight as well." She paused, half turning to reach behind her back where a scroll tube was tucked into her belt. Retrieving the thin writing hide that had been rolled up within, she stretched it out between herself and R'than, setting some empty mugs at the corners to keep it in place. "The few training grounds available to the Weyr are being used for Weyrling training and for three other Wings who had their bid in long before ours was even formed. So here on this map are a few likely spots where either I personally know the Holders, or someone in the Weyr does. These two here," And she stopped to indicate one bluff located about three miles north-west of the Weyr and had the name 'Bianne' scribbled in tiny script next to it, and another flat area due south-south-west with no name. "were places another Wingleader told me about that may be used for practice if we bespeak the Holders. Are you familiar with either?"

"Nothing to complain about is a good sign." Lyveana replied, attempting at some light humor for a moment before subsiding back regarding the charts intently. "I'll fly over both with Ruinnth early tomorrow and check the currents, but with such a simple formation I'm not going to be terribly picky about it, just so long as we won't encounter any gust-ups of wild air." In the back of her mind she heard Ruinnth rumble something about having a place to land as well.

"Ah yes, another limiting factor. Having adequate open space for twelve dragons to land knocks out most of the places I know..." She added after the pause to confer with Ruinnth. Truly, she'd have to make sure she could secure one of the few conference rooms for subsequent pre-flight meetings. Having to narrow her options based on landing space was a terrible way to start things off, but unavoidable at the moment.

"Do you remember if that bluff could host twelve? It looks like it could from this map, but I'd sooner trust your eyes then the mapmaker." She offered, glancing up at R'than with a slight softening of her expression.

Nodding as he spoke, her eyes fastened back on the map, pondering a moment before she released a gusty sigh. "Aye it'll do for now. Thank you for your input R'than, I really do appreciate your help." She said, sitting up to regard him critically for a moment. "I'll draft up the orders and submit them to D'tai, you can expect them in your hands sometime tomorrow. The rest of the wing will receive them in a similar fashion, and I will make sure Ruinnth verifies with their dragons that everyone knows what is going on." She paused only to stand, deciding abruptly that she wanted to eat by herself this evening.

"Until then, I hope you enjoy your dinner, and give my best to Garith." She added, rolling the map back up.