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Date Posted: 02:13:22 12/16/01 Sun
Author: Channa
Subject: *She smiles broadly.*
In reply to: Wessae 's message, ""I'm sure Kylith all by herself could clean out my father's old herd in three minutes flat. If that." She grins and winks at Channa" on 23:15:22 12/15/01 Sat

*Channa giggles. "Goodness, that must've been upsetting, all right." She grins and can't help but lean into Wessae's words, listening intently. Her head tilts back, and she relates her own story. "The first dragon I saw wasn't impressive or beautiful or awesome..." she giggles, "it was Kylith! But Kylith as a hatchling, when Mama and Dada took me up to celebrate after S'sha Impressed! I was only 6, but I remember seeing her, and going wow... and then, since we was outside, I looked up, an' saw a blue... and he landed, just a dragonlength away! I couldn't help it, I let go'f Mama's hand and ran over to him, and his rider let me touch him..." She giggles at the memory, eyes shining. "His hide was all smooth, and when I shook the rider's hand, his skin was smooth too, from using the oil so much." The young girl grins brightly. "Then Mama came over and apologized, and the rider laughed and said it was okay, that maybe someday I'd Impress too, and they could come back for another Hatching-day feast!" She hardly notices as Wessae lets go of her wrist, but smothers another giggle as the picture pops up as her sister, this time, sitting on a big gold egg, trying to hatch it. "Well, you pretended at least! Mama never let me watch a Hatching 'afore! She was worried that if I watched Palirth's clutch -she was the only green to lay a clutch, 'leven eggs!- that I might Impress, and I was only 12 then. I woulda been too young." She grins. "What happens is when the eggs're hard 'nough, the dragons'll start humming, and everyone'll get excited and rush us onto the Sands, and we'll watch in amazement as everyone hatches and everyone Impresses, and then," her voice lowers, eyes dancing, "and then, we might Impress! And if we do, we gotta feed 'em, and oil 'em, and then we get to go to the Hatching feast, and brag about our dragons!" Throughout this narrative, Channa's been gesturing grandly, using her entire body to convey the scenes that she could imagine playing in her head. "Ooooohhhh, I hope I Impress!" She clasps her hands again, surprised to notice a knot in her own stomach. "Maybe we better take our minds off the Hatching, eh? I think I might die of nervousness if I keep up like this!" She giggles again, her energy unabated. "At the Table, we can snag some meatrolls and food and klah. I'll come with you, sure." She glances at Kylith and winces dramatically at the queen's protective expression. "She might eat me if you leave me here alone," she adds in a whisper, grinning.*

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