So What is it Really Like?

Writers: Devin, Jelena
Date Posted: 11th March 2012

Characters: Cosani, Naevyn
Description: The two young greenriders meet and talk about weyrlinghood.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 6, day 17 of Turn 6

Cosani

Naevyn sighed softly to herself as she walked down to the waterside
with an eager young green waddling beside her. She wondered if
everything would remain as difficult as it had been these first few
days. She kept wondering if she was doing the right thing at every
step she took and she figured something like bathing your dragon
should quickly become routine after the first few times. But yet, she
still found the task as daunting as it had been the first time. "Tell
me if you think I missed a spot, right?" she urged again. She wasn't
too sure about this mind speech thing yet, either, so the words kept
slipping out of her mind. }:Don't worry, Mine.:{ the petite green
replied eagerly as she splashed into the water playfully. }:You won't,
but I will.:{

Shalith was nearby and watched the hatchling arrive. }:Hello little
one,:{ she said.

Eslith looked up curiously at the older green who had just spoken to
her and she darted towards Shalith eagerly, forcing Naevyn to tag
along. }:Hello big one!:{ The petite green replied cheerfully as she
came closer. "Es! Don't bother them!" Naevyn tried to reel in her
playful young dragon.

Shalith lowered her head until she was almost eye level with the
green. }:I am Shalith. What is your name?:{

Looking up at Shalith, the young green didn't show the slightest sign
of uneasiness. }:My name is Eslith. Would your rider like to say hello
to mine?:{ Even barely a few days old, the tiny green felt the
inexplicable urge to put her shy rider out there a little. Naevyn
immediately felt her face flush at her new lifemate's audacity.

**Hey, quit moving around. Are you flirting again?** Cosani asked.

}:No, I'm talking to the little green. She is Eslith and she is very,
very small.:{

Cosani walked around from her dragon's far side so she could see the
hatchling and her new rider. "Oh, hi. Shalith isn't bothering you, is
she?"

Naevyn looked at the greenrider anxiously, biting her lip as she
forced her eyes up to meet Cosani's. "No, Ma'am, she isn't. But we'll
get out of your way now, won't we, Eslith?" The girl moved forward to
her tiny green in the hopes of convincing her to find another bathing
spot.

"Shalith wants you to stay." Cosani had to admit Eslith was cute and
she wouldn't mind looking at her a little longer. "Hard to imagine she
used to be that small."

Naevyn smiled, a little unsure, but it was still a smile. "It's hard
to imagine Eslith will be that big," she said softly, eyes glued to
her little green. "Though Eslith is smaller then most her sisters. Do
you think maybe she is abnormally small?" Any other dragon might be a
little insulted with their rider calling them abnormal, but on a basic
level Eslith understood her rider's nervousness about.. well..
everything.

}:What is it like to be a big, big green?:{ she asked of the older
dragon softly, yet curiously.

}:It is very good. I get to fly Thread, and I'm bigger than many
greens, and I get to have the males chase me.:{

Cosani studied Eslith. "I don't know, it's hard to tell since Shalith
is so much bigger. You should probably ask one of the Weyrlingstaff,
they'd know."

}:Those things are fun, right?:{ Eslith said. She surely had no real
concept of threadfall or mating flights, being only a few days old,
but Shalith made it sound fun. }:I want to fly Thread and be chased
when I grow up.:{

"I will," Naevyn said, blushing slightly. That was an obvious answer,
wasn't it? Why hadn't she thought of that herself? Still, Cosani
didn't come of as threatening in any way and Naevyn had to admit she
was curious. Cosani didn't look like she was much older than herself,
so perhaps she had gone through weyrlinghood not too long ago and
could give some helpful hints. "If you don't mind my asking, when did
you impress Shalith?"

}:Yes, those are fun things,:{ Shalith said. }:Although fighting
Thread is very serious, too.:{

Cosani tilted her head, thinking. "About a Turn and a half ago. When
she hatched, she was bigger than Elleth, if you can believe it." She
smiled and patted the green's hide.

}:Can something be fun and serious at the same time?:{ Eslith asked
curiously. To her, it seemed like a bit of a contradiction.

"Wow, so she's always been big!" Naevyn said, not being able to help
some enthusiasm slipping into that exclamation. "Did you like
weyrlinghood?" she then asked more cautiously.

}:Yes. Fighting Thread is fun, it is a good thing, but it is also very
dangerous so it is serious. It is not like playing.:{ Shalith said,
feeling quite mature and experienced talking to the little hatchling.

Cosani made a face. "It's a lot of work, and a lot of rules. But I
loved watching Shalith grow up, and learning with her how to be a
proper fighting pair."

}:Right.:{ Eslith said thoughtfully. }:I will try to remember that.
When do I get to fly thread?:{

Naevyn looked a little hesitant at Cosani's words. "I hope I'll be
able to keep up. It all seems to terribly difficult!"

Shalith said, }:When you are much bigger.:{

"I know it's hard now, but when you look back on it, it won't seem so
bad." Cosani retrieved her brush and sweetsand bucket. She hadn't
gotten this side of Shalith scrubbed yet. "Even if there'll be a lot
more of her to wash."

"I hope so," Naevyn said, not sounding too sure of it. "That's a
reason for me to be glad Eslith is so small, I guess," she then said
as she looked at her little green. "I still have the time to triple
check if I did alright washing her."

As she started to set up her
stuff to begin with Eslith's bath, the young green returned to her
side, but kept looking at Shalith curiously. }:How much bigger?:{

}:As big as me. Perhaps a little smaller. Most greens are not as big
as me.:{ Shalith boasted.

"Triple check, I wish. But you won't have to feed her when she's
bigger, and you can go /between/ anywhere you want to." Cosani
scrubbed Shalith's flank.

While lifting a wing to expose her itchiest spot to Naevyn, Eslith
looked from Shalith to herself and back with a deep sigh. "I guess I
will have to wait a long, long time, then."

"And she can go between for other matters as well!" Naevyn added with
the small beginnings of a smile. She was already getting tired of
shoveling dragon dung and it had only been a few days!

Cosani chuckled. "I'd almost forgotten about that."

"I hope I will do too, some day," Naevyn replied, actually chuckling a
little herself. "For now my achy arms are a good reminder."

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