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“Good p...
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“I heard that. Now pay attention.”
“I thought a hundred and one were willing to bond, plus you?”
Willing doesn’t mean they found worthy riders,”
And yet two of you c...
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“You’re worthy. At least I think you are, but you apparently don’t pay attention in class.”
“They’re accommodations for me. I’ve seen your memories. I’m not about to have you sticking daggers into my leg to climb up. Now let’s go.”
Hold tight.”
We had to go second?”
Everyone is going to see when I slide right off.”
“I only agreed to follow Smachd because his rider is your instructor.”
“So you’re an in-front kind of guy. Good to know. Remind me to spend some time at temple so I can mak...
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The goddess of strength and war?” Tairn
What, dragons don’t think we need the gods on our side?” Shit, it’s cold up here.
Dragons pay no heed to your ...
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“You can’t hold me here the entire time, you know.”
“Watch me. Unless you’d rather be scraped off the glacier below like Gleann’s rider back there?”
Don’t look.”
We already lost a rider?”
“Gleann chose poorly. He never bonds str...
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“If you keep holding me like this, your energy will go into keeping me on instead of channeling when we need power for battle,”
It’s a minuscule amount of my power.”
“Have it your way.”
“Thank yoooooh shit!”
“What the hell does that mean?”
“The closest translation for humans is probably ‘for fuck’s sake.’ Now. Are you
going to stay in your seat this time?”
have to be able to do this by myself.
We both need me to do this,”
“Stubborn silver...
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For your own good.”
“Are you always around?”
“Yes. Get used...
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“Still here.”
Tell him to mind his own business.”
“Take it easy on him. He’s my best friend.”
The thought brings a smile to my lips as a woman approaches in a cream tunic and hood, a single rectangle of gold woven onto her shoulder. A first-year. When she pulls the fabric from her head, baring long brown hair, and brings her gaze to meet mine, I full-on grin. I sign, “Jesinia!”
Best childhood friends☺️
“Cadet Sorrengail,”
The Fables of the Barren
I blink. “It’s not for academics or anything, just a collection of folklore my dad shared with me. A little on the dark side, honestly, but I love it.” I think for a moment. There’s no sign for wyvern or venin, so I spell them out. “Wyvern, venin, magic, the battles of good and evil—you know, the good stuff.” I grin. If anyone understands my love of books, it’s Jesinia.
Nasya
“You are sad?”
“Just visiting the Archives. No need to worry,”
“It’s hard to love a second home as much ...
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“It’s easy when the second home is th...
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I stare for a second. Our Archives have either a copy or the original of almost every book in Navarre. Only ultrarare or forbidden tomes are excluded. When did folklore become either of those? Though, come to think of it, I never came across anything like The Fables of the Barren on the shelves while I was studying to become a scribe. Chimera? Yes. Kraken? Sure. But wyvern or the venin that create them? None. Bizarre. “That’s all right. Thank you for looking,”
“You only fell about a dozen times that trip,”
“I can’t tell if that’s a compliment or not.”
“Take it as you wish.”
“Besides, you could make it easier, you know.” “Oh, I know.”
