Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 21:04:51 GMT -5
Edaniel shrugged. "I imagine it'll look like a giant nasty scaly thing," he replied honestly. He didn't understand the 'beauty' of dragons that the Solesper clanspeople talked about all the time. He just saw giant lizards. Giant lizards that eat people. He hoped when Bo's dragon grew up it never tried to eat him.
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Bo
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Post by Bo on Feb 3, 2010 21:16:03 GMT -5
She chose to ignore the comment about the scaly lizard thing. "I hope it's not like, pink or anything," Bo said, taking the egg out of the bag and holding it in her hands. "Can you imagine a pink dragon?" It would be gross.
She turned the egg around, looking at all it's different sides and biting her lip. It made her nervous, thinking about the little dragon that laid inside. What if sh'ed accidentally dropped it too much and it was damaged? What if her dragon was retarded or something or was missing a leg? Not that she cared about the dragon or anything, but it would be embarrassing, having a disfigured or stupid dragon.
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Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 21:20:50 GMT -5
Edaniel didn't say anything. He didn't really like talking about dragons. He especially didn't like talking about Bo's dragon. He knew that once that thing was born, it would be all Bo cared about. Edaniel hated the idea of fighting for Bo's attention with a fire-breathing monster. Even worse, he knew he would lose.
"I think I might go swimming again," he said slowly, trying to change the subject. "Are you still sure you don't wanna join?"
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Post by Bo on Feb 3, 2010 21:31:27 GMT -5
Bo sighed. "Not today," she said quietly, not taking her eyes off the egg. She still wanted to go swimming, but she knew it wasn't possible. Lame. Instead she glared into the egg, willing it to hatch. She still didn't like it, she just thought it would be something interesting. As long as it wasn't gross or half dead or anything.
She'd noticed that Edaniel didn't like talking about the egg or the dragon inside it and she wondered why. Sure, there was a reason for her to hate it, but why did Edaniel need to hate it so much? Now that she thought about it, it was a little offensive. The dragon was part of her after all.
"Why don't you like dragons, Edaniel?" she asked, finally looking up from the silver oval and over at her only friend.
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Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 21:45:41 GMT -5
Edaniel had already started towards the river when Bo asked him why he didn't like dragons. He stopped, didn't move for a few moments, and then turned around and sat back down by Bo.
"When I lived in Solesper," he began slowly, staring intently into the fire, his expression forcibly blank, "I had this friend...we were really close, he was practically my brother. We grew up together. He turned sixteen before I did, ended up a dragon rider...went to get his dragon...never came back."
He spoke with an uncharacteristic gruffness in his voice. It wasn't something he particularly liked to talk about, but he didn't feel right keeping it from Bo. As his new best friend, he deserved to know. Edaniel wasn't one to keep things from his friends, even if it technically wasn't any of their business. He blinked a few times, not taking his eyes from the fire.
He took a deep breath. "That's why I don't like dragons," he finsihed, finally raising his eyes to meet Bo's.
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Post by Bo on Feb 3, 2010 22:10:36 GMT -5
Bo couldn't take his eyes off Edaniel the whole time. They were wide and shiny and kinda afraid. She really didn't like anything having to deal with emotion, and here she had just hit the jackpot. The only thing she had to be thankful for was that Edaniel hadn't started to cry, but right now Bo felt like she was about to.
"I'm sorry man," she said when he finally stopped talking. She didn't know what else to say, and she certainly knew there was nothing she could say that would make him feel better. Rough stuff happened, Bo had had her fair share of it too, but it was almost worse that bad things had happened to Edaniel. She couldn't imagine him with a broken heart, and she didn't want to try. "I had no idea."
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Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 22:20:24 GMT -5
Edaniel made a movement that was almost a shrug, but not quite, and looked back down. "S'okay," he muttered. "It's not like you could've known..."
Suddenly things were feeling very awkward right about now. The completely oposite of the usually relaxed atmosphere that Edaniel typically felt around Bo. Moments like these were always awkward, especially when you were talking to someone like Bo, whow as clearly uncomfortable with the subject.
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Post by Bo on Feb 3, 2010 22:27:38 GMT -5
"Right," Bo said uncomfortably, running a hand through her hair. She wasn't sure what to do next, wasn't sure what could fix the awkwardness or what could change the subject without sounding insensitive. She grabbed the pole with the fish still on it.
"You, um, still hungry?" she asked softly, offering it to him. She sure wasn't, but it seemed Edaniel always was. And this one he could eat as a human.
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Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 22:32:02 GMT -5
Edaniel looked at the fish Bo was offering. He wasn't hungry at all (if there was one way to kill your appetite, it was talking about dead loved ones) but he felt bad for making Bo feel bad. "Thanks," he said, taking it. He nibbled on it a bit, trying to appear as if he were enjoying it. "I guess it kinda does taste better cooked after all."
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Post by Bo on Feb 3, 2010 22:48:44 GMT -5
Bo tried to smile, but failed. Instead she turned to the fire and poked it with a stick, making the embers burn a little brighter.
"I'm sorry for bringing it up," she said, keeping her eyes on the flames. And she was. She wished Edaniel would change the subject, it felt wrong doing it herself.
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Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 23:33:01 GMT -5
Edaniel had just tried to change the subject, even if it was to something as boring as cooked vs uncooked fish, but Bo just changed it right back. "You didn't know," he said again, taking another bite of the fish that he didn't want. "It's okay. Really. It happened a long time ago. We don't hafta talk about it." Obviously neither one of them wanted to, so why were they?
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Bo
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Post by Bo on Feb 3, 2010 23:41:25 GMT -5
"D'you want to go swimming then?" Bo asked quietly, turning to look at Edaniel. She decided she'd just wear her clothes. Play it off like she was modest or something. She'd really wanted to swim, and it had seemed like Edaniel really wanted her to too.
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Edaniel
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 3, 2010 23:46:29 GMT -5
"Um. I guess," Edaniel replied blankly. Then he paused, realizing that Bo meant that he wanted to swim too. "Oh. Oh! Yeah!" He smiled, his spirits lifted ever so slightly. "I'll race you to the water," he challenged, pulling his shirt off. Bo was such a good friend. <3
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Post by Bo on Feb 4, 2010 11:35:19 GMT -5
Bo rolled her eyes at Edaniel's excitement, but on the inside she was smiling. She got up quickly, setting the egg back in the bag, and sprinting after her friend. The two hit the water simultaneously, creating a huge splash.
She swam to the surface and shook her head like a dog, getting the wet hair out of her face. "Beat ya," she challenged, even though she knew it had been a tie.
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Post by Edaniel on Feb 4, 2010 11:38:48 GMT -5
Edaniel surfaced and spit out some of the water he'd accidentally inhaled. "Nuh uh," he protested, splashing Bo in the face and then turning into a mongoose and swimming in the opposite direction.
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