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Melting [Open] - E'si - 16.Jul.13
He hated seasons.
He hated this season.
Charath was convinced that her bonded was suffering from a two-day hangover, but by now Charath should know better than to give E'si's bad moods a source. There usually were none. Sometimes, it seemed like all E'si needed was to spend an entire day being grumpy. Depending on Charath's mood, she would either antagonize him or leave him alone. The entire Weyr was filled with people more pleasant - okay, she really didn't like the company of other's all that much either. She was devoted mostly to E'si, because she found him interesting and most of all amusing. The only person who could rival her affection for her own rider was V'ler, and that was only because loving V'ler was a universal constant.
He was just so much better than her grumpy rider.
It had stormed early in the morning, and in the wake of the lightning and rain resided a heaviness in the air. It was downright humid, and E'si seemed to fashion himself as a delicate creature who loathed the heat. If it was possible to fix Katila in a certain state of weather, he'd have it with clear skies and a comfortable degree of heat. Not this crap. This was downright torture! E'si was so grumpy he had even refused to cart anyone with him down to the lake. Let them find some other dragon to hitch a ride on - not that Charath would have carried any of them to begin with. She had some dignity beyond her constant desire to fuck with people and creep out children.
'Yeah, well, I'll climb over that hurdle tomorrow.'
'No, because the moment I do you will wade your fat rump in and try to drown me. And then my hair will be ruined.'
E'si instinctively reached up to smooth down his hair, grimacing as he felt it frizzing against his fingertips. His hair type was not suited for this heat. It was thick and dark and a pain in his ass. Sadly, that was only one thing on his list of complaints for the day. If V'ler was around, he'd have to sit through the entire list. He'd write it up, but he doubted that it was a valid enough use of the paper they actually had to write on. 'The back of my neck is hot and sweaty. My armpits stink. And YOU seem to be unaffected.'
'And there is dirt in my hair!' E'si seemed to try and sink deeper into the ground despite this exclamation. The young greenrider was fairly immobile on the lake's shore, not bothering to pay the least bit attention to those who had fled to the lake for the day to escape the heat.