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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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 Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:58 am
Things were progressing. They weren't exactly progressing what Jasrai would call well, but they were progressing. Roseth was growing larger and more lovely with each passing day, and their lessons were more difficult. Jasrai was still struggling to keep up with the others physically, though she was losing the roundness that had been her defining characteristic. Not that she'd noticed. Mostly she only noticed how hard she had to work to be even marginally successful in her lessons. She definitely got the feeling she was holding Roseth back, though Roseth always disagreed. It had reached the point where Jasrai dreaded attending lessons, and was always grateful for an excuse to miss one.
Today had been one of those lovely days where the weyrlingmaster allowed his charges to take a day off because he had something more important to attend to. Roseth would probably be offended if Jasrai told her that was why they weren't in lessons, but Jasrai had no intention of telling the green dragon that. She just shared the good news: they had some free time that needn't be spent in chores. This prompted a debate over what they should do with their unexpected morning which Roseth eventually won: a morning spent sunning and oiling.
Jasrai had left the green to stake out a spot in the sun while she went to fetch the jar of oil for her dragon's hide. When she returned, she saw Roseth glaring at an adult blue dragon. The only explanation Roseth offered was, He's in the spot I want.
Find another, Jasrai suggested. She didn't want to get into any altercations this morning. It was supposed to be an enjoyable morning. Jasrai wasn't acquainted with either the blue or his rider, but she didn't think Roseth's glare would be effective, or taken particularly well.
No. Roseth said. Then she addressed herself to the blue dragon. Move, lard bottom.
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Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:25 am
The day had been going pretty good as far as the behavior of Shamth was concerned. The chilly weather had calmed his temperament down to a dull thrum of anger, his desire now to stay in a patch of sun and get heated, and with his dragon content to do other things L'pin was actually out and about trying to be productive. All the places he had to avoid with Shamth still treated him rather hesitantly, but at least now they weren't backing against walls.
Yes, things were going well. . . .until the Bluerider felt the sudden stirring of his massive Blue. Shamth had been asleep and content until this point, sharing an odd dream of nothing, when he was startled awake. The man quickly paid for whatever it is he was getting and hurried to his dragon's side, praying nothing would happen before he could get there.
Shamth for his part was a little groggy when he first awoke, though he quickly gained to his senses at the little green snapped at him with her demand. There was no way he was going to let that slide, and after only a few moments the blue in his ewes from being asleep was replaced with a sharp red. He lifted his head from where it had been curled against his upper leg, a loud hiss of warning issuing from his throat.
You had best rephrase yourself, Failure. I move for no one, least of all for something like you.
His own words were dripped with hate, his body seeming to grow larger with each syllable.
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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:40 am
A more sensible creature would have quailed at Shamth's hiss and apparent growth. Jasrai would have been more than willing to back down, but she would not abandon Roseth, even when the green was obviously being a complete idiot. Roseth, for her part, saw no problem. Shamth wouldn't hurt Jasrai because dragons don't hurt humans, and there was no way someone as large as he was could possibly move fast enough to do her any harm. Besides, if he did move, she'd just take his spot and the problem would be solved neatly. Surely if he lost it fair and square he couldn't hold a grudge.
He could, Jasrai muttered, following her dragon's line of thought. And I'd say he's already inclined to do so.
I am, too, Roseth fizzed. He called me a failure. He'd better watch out!
Jasrai sometimes wished that she was better at imposing her will on Roseth's, but mostly she disliked the sort of confrontation that caused, since Roseth was more than willing to argue her point long past she'd been proven absolutely wrong. If Jasrai did manage to force her to do something, it never turned out to have been worth it, because Roseth would pout and complain for days, reminding herself of the offense for longer than a dragon should have been able to remember. While she was wishing this, she looked up, up, and up at Shamth, forcing herself to recall that blues were the smallest of the males, and usually the calmest dragons overall.
I'm sorry. Could you not understand me? Roseth said to Shamth, choosing to ignore her rider's trepidation. I could try to use smaller words, but I'm not sure there are any which would convey the same meaning. How about 'shift yourself, stupid'? Is that easier?
Jasrai winced and looked around for the blue's rider. She also took a reluctant step forward and put one hand on her dragon's shoulder. It wasn't so much a show of support as an unspoken request for Roseth to let it go. The pale green weyrling shrugged her human's hand off and continued to glare at the larger blue, her eyes a furious red.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:24 pm
L'pin could feel the agitation building up in his dragon, quicker then usual and almost more deadly than usual as well, and for once he was a bit worried at this sudden outburst. He touched on his Blue's thoughts only to get a blur of rage and thoughts of a failure, so for a moment or two he thought Kannaroth may have shown up again. It was an odd thing that he thought it would be okay, he rather liked Y'kar, but what Shamth indicated back to him was this was not Y'kar and that Failure, but some woman and the second failure.
That made him nervous, if only a little, so he picked his pace up from a brisk walk to a rather fast run. Those around him got out of his way without even having to be told, as anyone who know L'pin seemed to understand that him running somewhere was never a good thing.
It seems that you are the one who doesn't understand nor know your place, Failure.
Shamth was moving now, to a sitting position, yet his back legs remained where they were so he could not be mistaken as having actually gotten up. His sheer size towered over the green and her Rider, and the massive Blue let another hiss escape from his lips as he turned his head towards the woman.
Take your failure and go while my mood stays, woman. I have no tolerance for the likes of you, and no need to hold myself back.
It was strange for the dragon to speak to anyone other than L'pin, he'd probably only have done it once in his life and that was to a Healer that L'pin asked him to be kind with, but it appeared that he felt this a necessity. The red in his eyes only seemed to roll darker with each second after he finished speaking that the pair did not move, and his lower jaw slowly slid open as if he dared to roar or snap.
Whatever it was he was going to do was stopped by the loud call of a man's voice, L'pin barely on the scene but knowing well what could be going on.
"Get away!"
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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:49 am
Roseth's temper flared. She was not actually as sensitive to being called Failure as Shamth might hope, since she could rationalize it and interpret it to mean that she was the worst of the failures, and that was why she deserved the capital F. She would rather not be a failure, but if she was to be one, she would prefer to be the worst of them. She could live with that. It was a mark of distinction. Recognizing it for what it was, Roseth began to feel that she was on more stable ground.
But I do know my place, Roseth answered Shamth cheekily. You happen to be sitting it. And I'm sure you'll want to move, because no one wants to be in a failure's place.
She was very proud of herself for twisting Shamth's words to suit her purposes through convoluted reasoning. Considering what she'd seen of him so far, he was probably too stupid to put up a decent argument anyway. She and Kannaroth were much alike in their mutual cleverness and quickness of wit. She liked that about herself. She liked most things about herself, though.
Wasn't I clever? she asked Jasrai. She also liked to receive confirmation of her cleverness.
Very. But let's back away, shall we?
Jasrai was legitimately unnerved by Shamth's unconventional communication to a point that bordered on fear. She was unused to being addressed by dragons outside of the three from Roseth's clutch, which included Roseth, and Shamth's warning seemed quite legitimate. Unlike Roseth, Jasrai had heard some of the stories of this particular blue's behavior. He and his rider could not be placed in a wing because of it. There was more than a slender possibility he might actually do something to harm Roseth, if not Jasrai.
You're really afraid, aren't you? Roseth asked Jasrai, who nodded tightly.
Jasrai wasn't. Not for herself, anyway. She was actually all right with risking her own life, but she would not put Roseth in danger if she could avoid it. To avoid it in this case, she emphasized her fear, but tried to make it vague, so that Roseth wouldn't figure out what was actually worrying her. Roseth wouldn't want her bondmate to be afraid, and would take the appropriate steps, the human girl hoped.
Roseth couldn't believe her human was afraid of the blue dragon, and would have been willing to face him down, but she could barely think with Jasrai's fear flooding into her. She shook her head to try to clear it, but she couldn't think properly though the haze. Reluctantly, she acceded to her human's wishes and backed up a few halting paces, her tail lashing in a combination of ire and distress.
"I'm working on it," Jasrai said to L'pin dryly. She added with a strained smile, "You're not the only person with a headstrong dragon, you know."
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Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 9:48 pm
"Yes, but I am probably the only one here with a dragon that will not hesitate to hurt yours. You had best back away Greenrider if you value your beast without injury."
The normally calm tone L'pin held in his voice was not there as he spoke back to Jasrai, his body moving to stand in front of Shamth's massive head as he finally approached the group of three. Even with the Rider before him the Blue's eyes stayed a scathing red, his whole being radiating hate towards the Green and woman before him. L'pin himself seemed to be irritated, though not to the point of outright cruelty that Shamth was probably planning.
Make them leave or I shall do it. They do not know their place, and I have no problem putting them back where they belong.
The words rumbled in L'pin's head to a strange beat, as if Shamth were speaking with each word following a certain measure. It was almost as if it were singsong in a way, though there was nothing friendly nor chipper about any of this. The Blue even dared to lean over L'pin's shoulder towards the Green, though his distance was kept in case his rider should snap and finally scold him down - so far L'pin had only been telling off this other human.
As you for, Failure. Your sister is far worse than you, you're nothing and could never compare to her. She will always be better than you or worse than you in anything, so you might as well accept that you can never be the best.
Shamth had heard (when he could, since he was hardly ever spoken to or around) from other dragons about the nature of this trio, and having already met the one who considered herself to be the most clever Shamth could easily make a comparison. That wasn't to say he really hated one over the other, as both of them were disliked with the same amount of passion and warranting towards injury.
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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2010 1:13 pm
"What do you think I'm doing?" Jasrai muttered, more to herself than L'pin. He had eyes. Surely he could see that she was slowly moving her dragon backward. Humans weren't really able to physically move dragons, and it wasn't as though he could take her to task for being unable to move her dragon by any other means, because that was a double-edged sword. He should be able to keep his dragon from committing acts of violence, even when provoked. Everyone else did.
I wouldn't bet on that, Roseth fumed to Jasrai. Tell him I wouldn't bet on that. I'd hurt his stupid blue any time.
Jasrai resisted the wince that tugged at her face and tightened her muscles. With her imagination, she could guess exactly how that would go down. And the worst part was she knew that she would somehow be held at fault. That seemed to be a favorite past time around the Weyr, pinning undeserved blame on the dragons and riders from the last clutch. She didn't notice L'pin taking his dragon to task for his behavior, though, or making any real effort to contain him, other than placing himself in front of Shamth. Not that anyone would care much if she pointed that out. They'd just take her to task for letting Roseth antagonize Shamth and mutter about how girls didn't belong on fighting dragons.
I will not tell him that, Jasrai said firmly. Do you want me to be eaten?
Roseth's horror at the thought of Shamth eating Jasrai, which hadn't actually occurred to her until Jasrai planted the thought in her mind, was such that she didn't catch the first part of Shamth's intended insult. All she picked up on was the last part, about some female who would always be better or worse than her, and therefore she could never be the best. Which made no sense. Nobody could be both the best and the worst, so if the mysterious She was worse, then Roseth was obviously better and the reverse was also true. She would have pointed the error out to the blue, but the image of Jasrai being eaten appeared in her mind and she snapped her mouth shut with an audible click of teeth. Not that she would have been speaking orally, but the gesture reinforced the determination with which she would not give further offense.
"I'd appreciate it," Jasrai said almost conversationally to L'pin,beginning a challenging juggling act of projecting fear to Roseth while maintaining rationality, "if you didn't put ideas into my dragon's head, since I'd like to think that she's going to contribute to the Weyr in the future. Providing, of course, that you can stop yours from eating us."
If you try to eat Jasrai, we'll come for you, she hissed with all the menace she could manage. By "we" she meant her clutchmates, of course. She had no doubt that they would back her in this. You'll be sorry you didn't have the sense to go between like the other damaged hatchlings.
Jasrai, not privy to this particular communication of Roseth's, was still backing away. Her hand on Roseth's foreleg ensured that Roseth's backward progress continued, but her relative size meant that it wasn't very speedy progress. Part of the problem was that Jasrai did share a measure of Roseth's pride and she flat-out refused to beat the hasty retreat that good sense seemed to demand. She would not be menaced by a dragon.
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Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:50 pm
For his own part, Shamth was delighting over the fear he seemed to be instilling in the woman and her failure of a Green. Even against L'pin's words the woman seemed to be faltering, a clear sign she was simply no match for the power that was Shamth's own, and the dragon equivalent of laughter rumbled in his throat and chest.
Useless beast. Like Dragon like Rider, both failures. Unable to understand the simplest of commands.
He was speaking to Roseth now, since he apparently was wasting his time on the woman and L'pin was now here to deal with her. He called her useless once Jasrai started talking back to his instead of leaving, and his tone dropped once Roseth dared to threaten him.
Seriously? A threat from a Green that barely rose to his shoulder...when sitting down? Shamth had to laugh even more, enough that L'pin found a smile playing across his own lips at his dragon's mirth. He had to catch himself, lest he let this girl before him think that L'pin actually enjoyed his dragon being cruel to others.
You mean the sense that your other clutch sibling had? The one with the brain who went between because they knew themselves to be a failure? Please, you wasted excuse of flesh and space, spare me your thoughts. You have so few of them to part with to begin with.
L'pin for his own right placed a hand on Shamth's massive head, the smile on his lips now one of affection that he often shared. He had no idea what was rightly being exchanged, as he'd long learned to ignore more of Shamth's prattle to other dragons, but he did get the feeling that whatever it was it was funny to watch this girl back away with a tail between both hers and her dragon's legs. If this girl wanted to survive at all in the Weyr, more so with that thing at her side, she would have to learn to not take threats so easily. . .not that L'pin wanted Shamth to have to be the teacher over that subject.
"I cannot control what your dragon says to mine, so please do not lay blame only on my end. Shamth will say as he pleases, as he has always done, and if your dragon is too young to not take the bait then it is not of my concern. But if it would make you feel easier, he's never once . . . well. . ."
L'pin had to trail off, because Shamth had indeed hurt another dragon before. It had been a small scratch, and then another one got a small bite, and then after that . . .well, in any case he never really went after the smaller, more adolescent dragons.
"I think you and yours will be safe for now."
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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:54 pm
Jasrai was getting tired of this. It was every bit as exhausting to put on a show of fear for prolonged periods of time as it was to actually feel the emotion for a similar duration. Along with her patience for this whole scenario, her temper was fraying. For the time being, she'd be able to use one strong emotion to fuel the other, but it wouldn't hold very long. Roseth wasn't as easy to trick in her adolescence as she had been when she was a juvenile. A part of Jasrai was very grateful she'd not Impressed Kannaroth, who wouldn't have been fooled for any length of time by Jasrai's little charade. On the other hand, Kannaroth probably wouldn't have required it to be convinced to stand down.
Jasrai? Please can I say something? He doesn't even understand when I insult him. This fact distressed Roseth probably more than it should have. It seemed obvious to her that the implication was that he, Shamth, should have gone between because he, too, was a failure.
If he doesn't understand, you don't have to explain it to him, Jasrai replied. She didn't know what Roseth had said, but if Shamth hadn't taken offense as he should have, that was fine as far as she was concerned. Against her better judgment she added, And perhaps you should give more thoughts to your insults. The point of an insult is to be immediately comprehensible and leave the recipient smarting for a long time afterward.
I will remember that, Roseth replied. And she meant to. There was a very good chance she would forget by the end of the day, particularly if Jasrai could distract her with other thoughts between now and the time they went to sleep. But he's laughing at me. Her dignity was offended.
Jasrai sighed and replied wearily to L'pin's criticism. "I don't expect you to control Roseth. That's my job, and I'd be more than a little peeved if you took it upon yourself to try. After all, a dragonrider should be responsible for his own dragon first and foremost."
Which was something Jasrai heard a lot of. The thing was, most of what she was held responsible for was neither her fault nor Roseth's. She was just the easiest target in the Weyr lately. She had been for the past half turn or so. It was getting old. Mostly she kept her head down and did the best she could, but there were days like this one, when it was almost impossible to keep her tongue in check. She'd just wanted to relax in the sun for a while. It wasn't a whole lot to ask.
"I trust you not to let your dragon get out of hand to the point where we're in any danger." She smiled and it was totally incongruous with the situation. It was the smile she wore when she was playing dumb. Retreating into everyone's expectations was easier most of the time than trying to challenge them. Usually she would challenge them, but right now she was simply too tired to bother.
Jasrai, stop it. Do not pretend to be stupid, Roseth pleaded. I am the best, and I picked the best. You are not stupid.
Jasrai ignored her dragon.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:25 am
"As I have mentioned, you're both quite safe. Shamth's mood today seems to be one of more bark than bite, more so since I am here with you. He's actually quite a friendly fellow, though a little grumpy perhaps when he first wakes up."
There it was again, L'pin's average case of denial towards what he knew to be the true nature of Shamth. People could only lie so much about what a dragon was saying and doing before the lies turned out to be truth, but this Bluerider had long ago decided to ignore what others said and to forgive it all. Forgiveness to the point of outright denial and defense, to be more exact.
As the man spoke his hand stayed on the face of his large blue, the rumbles that issued from the dragon's throat gently vibrating against his open palm. He was only mildly lying now, as he knew Shamth was more than content to stay in the warm sun then actually have to get up to chance down a smaller Green, but he still couldn't help but give a small nudge to the dragon to indicate he did not wish for there to be any further trouble.
Shamth replied with his usual manner towards L'pin, a meek apology and a somewhat quick stop of the rumbles, though his eyes still stayed that dancing red to warn off any advancement the little Green and hers might try.
"Like I said, you're safe from Shamth...but I do believe you may not be from me. I won't actually harm you, but I'm finding myself a little irritated at how you're acting about all of this. I'm only slightly aware of who you are based on what Shamth says about your dragon, but I hadn't known you'd be this...stupid."
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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:49 am
"I'm sure he's very friendly to those who don't annoy him," Jasrai replied. "It's too bad I did."
Roseth, I don't think there'll be any trouble here, and I think I see a nice ledge that's not occupied over there that's even closer to the sun. Why don't you go there and wait for me?
Sometimes things were easier when Roseth wasn't around. Playing stupid was one of them. Roseth absolutely hated when Jasrai did it because she said - and rightly, Jasrai had to admit - that it set their cause back. Except Roseth was the one with the cause. Jasrai was sick and tired of fighting for even the tiniest hint of recognition when she did something well and generally being forgiven for her mistakes because they had expected nothing less from her. Still, she would rather deal with condescension than hostility, and if that was what it took, she would do it. At least for the time being. Of course, she told Roseth she was just lulling them into a false sense of security, but that was mostly a lie.
Roseth surveyed the situation critically and decided that the ledge Jasrai pointed out was higher and if Shamth did try anything, she'd be able to swoop down on him. In the mean time, she would have the opportunity to show off how good she was at flying, since getting to the ledge would involve a bit of flight. Jasrai would be able to climb up the sides, probably. With a dismissive flick of her tail, Roseth turned her back to the others and took to the sky with a not-quite-graceful leap. Still, she was airborne quickly enough and in a few evenly-timed wingstrokes she was landing on the ledge. It was too far away for her to hear their conversation, unfortunately, but that was all right, she supposed.
"Oh, damn. Another person I'm managed to alienate. It just happens so quickly, I never realize I'm doing it until it's too late. Oh, how horrible it is to be stupid," Jasrai responded once Roseth was out of earshot. She was a good liar, but acting didn't come easily to her. It was probably possible for someone to tell that she was playing a part, providing they felt like looking.
At least playing stupid could be amusing at times, though there was some danger in that, if she let herself smirk. It depended on how far she was able to push it without anyone figuring out that she was making a mockery of not only herself, but them by playing into their expectations. It wasn't usually her grin that gave her away, however, but her eyebrows. Sometimes they insisted on telegraphing her thoughts and feelings without her say-so. What made it truly amusing for her, though, was the knowledge that she was probably smarter than most of the people at the Weyr. Maybe not cunning or devious, but intelligent.
"Would you mind telling me what stupid things I've done to alienate you, so I can avoid doing similar things in the future?" That much, at least, would be good to know, though her future plans for L'pin and Shamth mostly included avoidance.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:08 pm
Mine, why are we still here? Your Shamth grows tired of talking to things that are too stupid to understand what is being said to them.
Hush. I'm trying to talk.
"I don't think you've pushed me away, but rather I believe it possibly couldn't hurt for you to try and be more assertive. You're one of the Weyrs few female riders, which should probably be a source of pride for you instead of shame. The ones I've met thus far at least seem to be content with themselves, but they also weren't from that particular clutch."
Mine.
Shamth always did start to complain once his patience ran out, his words more pleading than usual and a bit more frequent. Usually a single hush was enough to silence the blue for most of the conversation, though this time it seemed like it wouldn't work. Shamth really hated the green that went off, and from the way she acted like she owned the world . . . .L'pin couldn't really blame him. But still.
No.
"At least she can fly quite well. Most at her age wouldn't even dare to leave the ground, so in a way she's ahead of her game."
He was trying to compliment Roseth, but the way L'pin's train of thought was moving made it seem like he was jumping track too often.
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Princess_Feylin Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:29 pm
Roseth watched the trio below her intently at first, but Jasrai sent her a steady stream of thoughts which were mostly along the lines of, Everything's fine. I'm all right. We're just talking boring human things. Roseth loved Jasrai, but she was not terribly interested in human things. Particularly not ones that were boring. Boring was one way to guarantee her lack of interest. The other was to say that it was something dragons couldn't do, but that only produced a lack of interest after Roseth had tried it and seen for herself that it couldn't be done. At least not by her, which meant no other dragon would be capable of it either. Obviously. Jasrai's reassurance meant she could relax her vigilance and sleep in the sun. Like she'd wanted to do the whole time.
It was a struggle for Jasrai to continue to send blandly reassuring thoughts to Roseth, however. Particularly once L'pin began to speak in answer to her question. He seemed to be one of the minority who thought she ought to be proud of herself for Impressing a dragon? That was unexpected. Maybe it came from the fact that he'd Impressed a dragon, but couldn't really do the sort of work dragonriders were expected to do. Flying in a wing and all that. But that didn't quite make sense to her. She just didn't know L'pin well enough to tell, and considering how their dragons seemed to get along it was unlikely she would get to know him any better than she did at present.
"I've managed not to meet any of the other female riders," Jasrai said truthfully.
Sometimes she wondered if they deliberately avoided being seen with her so that people wouldn't associate them in their minds. She could understand that kind of thinking. She didn't like the stigma attached to her either. She just didn't have any way to avoid it except to keep her head down and try not to get into trouble. But as for being content with herself...she couldn't remember a time when she was. There'd been a few hours immediately after she Impressed Roseth when she'd felt that everything would go well, but that hadn't lasted very far past the next breakfast.
"But I'd probably guess that it's less to do with the clutch and more to do with the fact that I'm an easy mark. As you say. Not assertive enough."
But being assertive didn't do her any good. At all. On a good day she was ignored. Average days she was told to hold her tongue and mind her place. Bad days she was given some sort of chore or task to do as punishment for having the gall to venture an opinion, opposing or otherwise. At least that's how it had been initially. Now pliancy was simply the easiest way out, the best way to avoid conflict. She hadn't really had any confrontations in several sevendays practicing her appeasement policy.
She was further surprised to hear what sounded very much like a compliment from him. Not addressed to her, of course, but toward Roseth, which was better as far she was concerned. Roseth thrived on compliments. Nevertheless, Jasrai allowed herself to smile, though she tensed waiting for the sharp follow-up.
"Roseth likes to be ahead. She wants to be the best at everything." Or, failing that, the worst, but she wasn't about to give that bit of her dragon's personality away. "I admit, I hope she stays ahead, and that we can fly that much sooner. I've been looking forward to another chance to fly since I was brought here over a turn ago."
And she cut herself off. Too personal again. L'pin definitely had a point if she was willing to be so open in response to one little compliment that wasn't even directed at her. Her grandfather would call her a fool.
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Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:14 am
"You're not missing much by meeting the others. Just because I've said they seem well off doesn't mean there's something wrong with them anyway. They're all probably closer to your age anyway, and one of them that I've met seemed to have this really odd fixation with her dragon. Now I understand that we all have odd ones with our dragons, they're our lifemates, but the way she looked at hers was enough to make anyone question her thoughts. Ugh."
L'pin wasn't the type to gossip at all, not about other riders, since doing so very seldom helped him out in the long run. He would always still be alone and avoided because of Shamth's winning personality, but he felt like it would do him no harm to just this once say something negative about someone else. It still felt silly for him to do so, Shamth even adding a rumble in that it was unlike L'pin to try and be snide, though it was only a soft rumble that ended more or less in agreement over the fact that the pair in mention were indeed freaks.
I did not call them freaks.
Close enough, but a freak is still better than a failure.
Perhaps.
"It seems that the whole desire to get ahead must be very strong in that clutch, as I believe Y'kar's Kannaroth feels the same way. . . at least from what he tells me. I am sure all dragons want to advance in order to grow better, but it doesn't surprise me that the three greens from the Trio Clutch would want to go farther faster. Almost seems like they have something to prove, but in that case there really isn't a reason for speculation. Everyone knows that they do have something to prove, even though I'm certain you and yours no that they will never be accepted."
Well said.
Hush.
"At least though you'll have a chance to fly in a wing. I never got that."
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