Difference between revisions of "Logs:An Answer"

He knew the answer, now.

He'd been dwelling on it for months: did he want the Weyrleadership back?

Yes. Yes, he did.

He knew it when the competitive, protective side of himself began to come out; he knew it when so many people started watching both young queens. He knew it when he found himself feeling so adrift, so out of the loop and uninvolved, with all these newcomers.

He hated it.

He'd spent more than a decade with fingers in all the official business of High Reaches Weyr, and now, with eight months of being outside of that behind him, he found he could no longer bear it.

You'll chase her, when she flies? It was such a casual thing, really, a thought aimed towards his dragon as the bronze flew circles around the spires. You'll catch her?

« I intend to. » Cadejoth was confident, answering his rider with a rattle of chains, and a whisper of fire and smoke. « We will be glorious together. »

K'del bit back his amusement. You always did have a thing for daughters.

« Daughters? »

Cadejoth has forgotten. Cadejoth has forgotten a great many things, and this doesn't bother his rider.

They've had their vacation. They've had their reprieve.

Someone needs to lead this Weyr into the future, and K'del is determined that it will be him.

For Iolene. And for us.

Comments

Azaylia (Dragonshy) left a comment on Mon, 21 Jan 2013 09:51:27 GMT.

< This vig is both determined and triumphant. Happy to see K'del start to get his head together. c:

Edit: Oh sure, make it also sad and tuggy at the heart strings. ;^; Poor K'del.

Leova (Varied) left a comment on Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:32:19 GMT.

< Next thing you know, he'll have Iolene's scarf wrapped around his bicep as he goes into battle.