<i>If ever the river could whisper your name...</i> -- The Lower Caverns

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Date Posted: 19:16:40 12/14/05 Wed
Author: Lumina and Lumen
Subject: If ever the river could whisper your name...
In reply to: Talla, Stanza, Chapter, Verse 's message, ">~<" on 10:37:17 12/01/05 Thu

Would the choices you make still be the same?

Lumina�s shining eyes showed sympathy as she nodded thanks in reply to the goldrider�s offer to sit down, and pulled out the chair next to her (the one Tr�ln had been at before). Lumanalien instantly followed suit, though it was already apparent that the two were very different. While Lumen�s moves were soft and fluid, showing no hurry in the world, Lumina seemed to be nervous as she sat. Anyone who knew her very well was used to it; she always looked nervous in a public event. Lumen certainly didn�t take it to heart as his laid-back nature shined in his comfortable pose.

Lumina tried to hide the sympathy in her eyes�she knew people didn�t appreciate it fully when others took on pity for them... unless this girl was one who needed sympathy? She finally decided to let her gaze portray a bit of sympathy, so that it was there if the girl needed it. Not overly done, of course; Lumina was becoming very good at this type of emotion-building. Of course, all of this happened in the coarse of seconds; why would she take any longer? Pulling the locks of bushy brown out of her eyes like she always did when concentrating, she frowned at Talla.

Like a flower that dies from angry rain...

�Oh, I�m sorry. Would you like to talk about it? Perhaps I can help...� She bit her lip, and looked at Lumen, who had stepped on her foot under the table. He gave her a knowing look, and she gave a guilty smile. �Oh, sorry. I hope I don�t sound too terribly nosy, but I saw your two friends leave, and...� she ended pathetically.

�I think what my foster mother means,� Lumen said softly, unworried, �is that she didn�t mean to get into your business, but she�d like you to know that she does enjoy listening to people�s problems. She takes it to heart to fix �em.� He smiled serenely, and Lumina bit her lip, slightly embarrassed and wondering how he could be so open.

�Yeah,� Lumina answered. The two listened as Talla asked of their residency, and Lumina shook her head. �I�m sorry to say we came a bit late for the last Hatching,� she gestured around the Lower Caverns at the baby dragons. �But, we�d love to be in the next one, so we decided to see if we could live here until then... you know, to get used to the Weyr.� She frowned. �Or, at least, the searchrider told us that would be all right...?� She decided to leave the opinion open, so that Talla could answer with her two-cents. After all, she was a goldrider, and therefore had part of the final say so.

Why do we hurt ourselves?

((Otay. Yeah... it kinda does change the meaning. ^_^;;))

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