( Hwylryn didn't expect the laughter, so it earns Ish a slight grin. His heart is open to infection - laughter. )
He can't help it. He's young, he's of that Central temperament... Just throw me a bone if my history gets used against me in a trial somehow, okay?
( A real request, or a joke? Hard to say. He moves on.
He was upset with Cain for announcing it before an audience at that time, but it is what it is. In the hierarchy of his troubles, it's rather small - though he maintains concern over how some may suspect him of murder much more easily now. (Not that he's not capable, but, you know. Control of information.)
Regardless, he has an impulse to tease Ish for finding the information equivalent, but - though Hwylryn may not know it - it's because he feels flattered. He's prideful, yes; he sees himself as impressive, as a dragon - but he doesn't think those reasons are why Ish inquired, and so. And so...
But he bites the impulse back. He doesn't really want to make Ish fluster or withdraw, this time around. )
I guess we didn't get to know each other in the previous repetitions. ( "I guess," he says, but, given his feelings during week one... And those feelings may not have fully changed; just grown more complex. ) You could have asked me, too.
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He can't help it. He's young, he's of that Central temperament... Just throw me a bone if my history gets used against me in a trial somehow, okay?
( A real request, or a joke? Hard to say. He moves on.
He was upset with Cain for announcing it before an audience at that time, but it is what it is. In the hierarchy of his troubles, it's rather small - though he maintains concern over how some may suspect him of murder much more easily now. (Not that he's not capable, but, you know. Control of information.)
Regardless, he has an impulse to tease Ish for finding the information equivalent, but - though Hwylryn may not know it - it's because he feels flattered. He's prideful, yes; he sees himself as impressive, as a dragon - but he doesn't think those reasons are why Ish inquired, and so. And so...
But he bites the impulse back. He doesn't really want to make Ish fluster or withdraw, this time around. )
I guess we didn't get to know each other in the previous repetitions. ( "I guess," he says, but, given his feelings during week one... And those feelings may not have fully changed; just grown more complex. ) You could have asked me, too.