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Scimsk did not much enjoy the times he had to spend inside the Weyr. Scimi thought it was important for the wher to know the layout of all the corridors of the wher, that way he would be able to navigate them without any worry. So Scimsk would have to suffer. He was not a mining wher and wasn't fond of the close confines of the tunnels, even though the wher was barely a foot tall and not even two feet long. At a month there was considerable space for him to move about. He also didn't like that there was light inside the tunnels, although Scimi was keeping to the dimmer ones, as well as those less travelled. Sometimes the pair would find a section of passage that was entirely in the dark, yet it didn't bother either of them.

A bark echoed through the dim light, down the passage to them. Both handler and wher stopped in their tracks. Scimsk's reaction, true to his breed, was instantly aggressive. The little wher braced himself and let out a roar as reply. Small as he was the sound was still intimidating, and the echo of the tunnels caused the loud sound to repeat over and over. Instantly Scimi dropped into a crouch beside the wher.

"Shh, Scimsk, it's only a canine." She said softly as she stroked the odd body of her wher. Scimsk relaxed slightly, but continued with a quiet growl. Scimi pictured a canine for Scimsk as the wher filed away the information. That sound, that smell, that creature was a canine. From what he could glimmer from Scimi canine's were not an immediate threat. He could be wary, but could only be aggressive if the dog was aggressive first.

"Cnniiii..." The blue tested out the mangled word in his rumbly, croaking, voice.

((Sorry I said dog in the last post and not canine, brain wasn't functioning quite right.))

Scimi managed to keep Scimsk quite calm by scratching him behind the ear. The wher let out a gurgling croon and tilted his head into the attention, shutting his eyes and momentarily forgetting the new creature wandering his territory. It clearly was not a problem or else his would not distract him. The blue wher was still young and apart from general curiosity did not feel the need to investigate the strange thing too closely. When he was older he would need to investigate everything new, but for now it was not such a pressing concern.

However when Malidy's voice sounded through the hall, much louder to the wher than it was the either human, Scimsk's ears shot up, swiveling in the direction of the sound. Opening his eyes again the wher turned his head the right way up and looked at Malidy and Vogal, not noticing the firelizard that accompanied them. He looked at Scimi, but did not sense any fear or unease from his handler. Scimsk was still very young and as was to be expected of a young creature did not understand what it was that Malidy was saying.

Scimi smiled at the candidate and used her free hand to wave away the problem. "No, no, you're allowed to be here. We were just learning some of the less used halls in case we ever need to come here." Convinced that Scimsk was successfully put at ease Scimi straightened up and allowed Scimsk to investigate. The little wher crept down the hall, which was a seemingly pointless exercise since he has already been seen. "Cnii." He said it with more confidence as he walked past the canine. Once he came to Malidy however confusion began.

"Wussi, wussi?" Scimsk repeated over and over as her circled the candidate. Raising his head he sniffed at the air, but seemed to receive no answer from that. "Gwar? Ki?" The first sound came as a questioning croak, soon followed by the second sound of a harsh click.