The beginnings of an ache in her muscles were a welcome and pleasant sensation. A reminder of the power in her own body.
A dragon riders main duty would, of course always be to fight thread on dragon back but they were still a fighting force no matter what way you looked at it and the riders personal defence was not to be neglected. Which was why the morning had been dominated by self defence training for the new weyrlings. For the majority they had been coached through various self defence moves by an instructor and each exercise had been a solo performance. But now the instructor had stepped back and encouraged the weyrlings to group up and practice what they had learned.
This was what Ro had been looking forward to. She had grown up play wrestling and rough housing with the crew on her uncles ship. As well as been drilled in the basics of how to defend herself by her uncle himself.
Add to that her tall amazonian type build and this class could have been made for her. As the instructor stepped away she grinned and her eyes scanned the crowd of weyrlings for her first victim Partner.
Ulendoth and the other dragons were watching from the side lines. They were still babies after all and intensive training all day every day was still asking to much. But that didn't mean the green was happy being left out of the fun.
I want to play too. The green protested sulkly.
You can't. We aren't playing we're training. Ro replied archly with a suprior flick of her head. Unable to hold back on teasing her bonded. Besides, you don't know when to hold back yet and you are already getting big. Think how much damage those claws of yours could do. So stay. Ulendoth huffed again but stayed put and Ro chuckled as she continued her scan of the training grounds.
Oh. "Iathe!" She called waving over to the younger girl. "Wanna come practice with me." she offered in an 'oh so innocent' sing song voice.
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