Grognardsw wrote: ↑Mon Mar 14, 2022 11:36 am I should have posted sooner on this, but I’m away skiing and will post Wednesday. Thanks.

Enjoy!

And don't break a leg

Thaylli grunted when she heard the damage one of the aliens' weapons could do: that was definitely not good news. Not only it meant that dragons weren't safe. And considering that some of Elyse's men, those who had killed the Sullidor at least, had those and were unaccounted for... It really wasn't ...

There was nothing Thayilli felt she had to add to Elyse. Maybe she had told the truth, but... When she had asked for their weapons, they hadn't given them all, instead keeping some that were likely the most deadly things on Pern. Maybe even to dragons. Oh, it was sort of understandable, they had to ...

“Oh, I understand.” Thayilli nodded. Her expression hardened though, “What I do not understand, or like, at all , is you switching your translator off. Aren't you always talking in your own language anyway? So wasn't the only thing that changed the fact that I couldn't understand?” Thayilli shook h...

While she did try to pay attention, Thayilli was quickly lost, buried under the amount of information. It felt like she was a novice anew, and the entirety of the curriculum had been dumped on her head at once. Worse, Elyse herself not understanding some of those things didn't make it easier. Though...

“I was yes.” Thayilli grimaced, “Briefly. I certainly don't regret Sam', but…” After a couple of seconds, she sighed and shook her head. “Anyway, you'll have to see with her but I don't think she was the ship's medic so I'm not sure how much help she can be regarding what was found.” “I can try.” S...

“With a few others yes.” Thayilli shrugged, not making a big deal of finding the ship. Sam' may have, but she wasn't around at the moment. Probably getting to know new dragons she supposed. The young rider let Elise pick what she needed - she'd have to ask what everything did later - and nodded whe...

“It's not like we had anything to fix it even before the dragons played with it anyway.” Thayilli shrugged, obviously unrepentant. She wasn't even sure there was enough metal on the entire planet to fix the ship even if they had had the know-how for it. “Oh,” she commented about the empty supplies ...

“For the most part yes, at least alone. They can agree to carry someone else, but always with their riders.” Thayilli answered Elyse's questions. “And they can talk among themselves and to anyone they want. They pretty much never do with any human other than their riders though, not unless they rea...

During dinner, and the conversations that followed, Thayilli didn't pay any attention to Jorone, lost in thoughts as she was, asking herself the same questions everyone was, but without saying anything for the time being. Plus, the fact that she straight-up wasn't interested in any kind of romance f...

“Uh... If you say so.” Thayilli answered about the 'program' of the metal man, obviously not quite sure what to make of that. Probably a translation error. As for avoiding dragons and riders, she simply shrugged: it would be fine if she was cautious, but avoiding them entirely wasn't really needed....

“Besides this one,” she indicated the patient, “Only the metal man - the...robot? - was left alive. Sam' objected to him attacking. I tried to prevent her from killing it, but...” She grimaced. “He had attacked me, Sam' decided the only way to be safe was to kill him, so she did.” She sighed tiredl...

Thayilli rolled her eyes. She knew she wasn't the best healer, nor the most knowledgeable one - which often went hand in hand anyway and came with experience she couldn't possibly have - and she certainly didn't have access to whatever Elyse's people used to practice medicine, but it didn't take a g...

Thayilli briefly hesitated to answer Elyse's question. “We found your ship. It was… Well… a bit of a mess, but some of the people that…” She squinted, briefly paused, “were left behind were still alive. One of them, a metal man, decided to attack, and…” She grimaced, “It wasn't the smartest thing to...

Thayilli didn't seem all that convinced by Elyse's reassurances, particularly when three weapons joined the piled. Still, she chose to not say anything for the time being, and simply helped the woman to Sam's back. Back in Arolos, the young dragon rider answered F'lor with a nod, and a grumble, “ So...

Alright, maybe not ' as much as humans '. Maybe as human children. Though to be fair, it was more a question of interest and the fact that dragons had…well, a dragon's memory. Which was saying it all. Not that Thayilly was going to go into details at the moment of course. When the woman used the wor...

Thayilli squinted as she considered the woman, obviously not quite believing what she was saying. Before she said anything about that though, she started by addressing the most important point. “Dragons are not beasts. They are as intelligents as humans and you'd do well to not treat them as such. Y...

Thayilli looked at the woman's lips, then at the device, cocking a surprised eyebrow. “That's convenient.” She mumbled, before speaking louder “I'm Thayilli.” After a couple of seconds, she shook her head. “In peace? Is that why you slaughtered the Sulidors?” Seeing the woman's confusion, she added,...

Thayilli frowned, clearly hesitating and not particularly pleased. Still, in the end she chose to nod. She did however give a few instructions to Sam', “ Make sure they see well the nice fangs you have. ” Maybe that'd keep them honest if nothing else did the trick. They were after all really nice fa...

Thayilli grumbled as the woman refused to lift her tunic, but didn't say much of anything about that. Instead, she instructed Sam' to land nearby. “ Not sure what we're going to do with them though… ” After all, they had spent time discussing how to find the strangers, but no one had thought about w...