Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:12 pm
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Ronnie smiled at A'yri. "I'm glad my company is welcome!" she said. "For what it's worth, I'm rather enjoying your company thus far as well!" She gave a giggle when he offered her a winning smile. Ronnie took small bites whenever A'yri responded. It wasn't a particularly fast way to eat, but it was the easiest way to do so while still facilitating conversation.
Ronnie had a devious look when he told her to dig as much as she liked. "Now that is a very dangerous thing to say to a lady, even one who will soon be a dear friend," she told him, more teasing than serious. "Someone with less scruples than I would perhaps ask you to tell me a secret you've never told anyone else before." Her eyes danced and she smiled. "But I'll save that question for another time and simply ask where you're from originally. You said you were new to Fort?"
"Oh, I always trust the opinion of riders when it comes to their dragons," Ronnie said. "But most dragons are darling creatures, so it tends to be fact as well as opinion. Not to say that whers don't have their charms as well - I obviously have no complaints - but the only thing a dragon need concern itself with is thread. Whers so often act as guards for very human affairs as well as fighting thread, and it can make some of them a bit jaded, I'm afraid. Which is only to say that while I do love whers as much as dragons, I tend to trust the handler's opinion on them just a tad less often than I do a rider's of their dragon." She gave a laugh. "Do you think I hedged my phrasing enough there, or should I continue?" There was a lightness to her tone that made it clear she wasn't taking the self-deprecation of her words to heart.
Ronnie smiled fondly when A'yri complimented Onisk's choice of name. "Yes she did, didn't she? It's perhaps a bit vain, but while I was waiting for her to emerge from her egg, I lived in terror of all the awful ways my name can be taken by a wher. Ronsk or Icsk are my least favorite, and while it doesn't matter terribly much, I much prefer an elegant sounding name like Onisk to something with a less appealing sound to it." She wouldn't say it, but she liked to consider herself elegant, so having to call a wher by a harsher sounding name would've been something of an adjustment.
Her eyes danced once again when A'yri told her to talk about the more fun option. "I knew there was a reason I picked you to sit with," she told him. "The Fireheights are, of course, the absolute best place to go stargazing or to watch a sunset. Just be careful the spot you pick, as it tends to get very windy up there, especially from the east, so sunsets are better than sunrises since you can be sure to have a rock between you and the worst of the wind while still enjoying the view. The lake is another pleasant place, of course, and I'm certain I needn't warn you to keep away from the end closest to the herdbeast pens, but I'd also avoid the side closest to the walls of the mountain. Nothing ruins a date faster than rocks raining down on your heads." She let out a little wistful sigh. "Perhaps I'm a bit of a romantic, though, because my favorite place for a date is on the ledge of someone's personal weyr. It gives a wonderful view, and if the weather turns unpleasant, you can always retreat inside to a warm fire and cozy furs." And, while she didn't say this, there was always the added benefits that privacy provided once the time was right for it.