She _Is_ A Girl!

Writers: Cali, Rebecca
Date Posted: 20th February 2006

Characters: M'tias, F'gol
Description: M'tias and Figol talk about Aletta among other things.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 10, day 17 of Turn 3

M'tias walked into the workshop, he was looking for a journeyman. He wanted to see about picking of a few lessons in between his duties.
Only one other person was in the room and it took a moment for the brownrider to recognize the apprentice. "Figol? How do you like the Weyr?"

Figol was startled, he had been concentrating on gluing two of the wood pieces together for his guitar and had not heard anyone come in. "Martias!" he exclaimed when recognition finally hit. "I had heard you were a rider now! How are you?"

"Good, I'm technically to young to be in the wings but Woenth and I work with the weyrlings. It's a little odd for me though. Some of the "weyrlings" are older than I am."

"Do you like being a dragonrider?" Figol still wasn't sure the demands and responsibilities of being a rider were for him. "Don't you miss being a harper?"

"To tell the truth, I became a harper to get away from my father. It's not that I don't like the craft, I came here hoping to find a journeyman who would help me pick up on my lessons." He explained. "I just think about what might have happened to Woenth if I hadn't been here."

Figol looked down to make sure the glue was still setting right, "Well, Kwiksol should be here soon, he wasn't here when I got here but he's helping me make this guitar so..."

"Your making a guitar? Why?" He was sure Figol wasn't _that_ far along in his training."

"Well I think because Kwiksol was worried I was going to break one of his!" Figol laughed and shrugged. "I don't know, I was borrowing one to play for Aletta, a greenrider, and he asked if I wanted to make my own. It's kind of fun actually." M'tias raised and eyebrow, grinning. "Playing for a greenrider? Just what have you been up too?"

"Oh not you too!" Figol cried, "We're just friends M'tias." "What kind of friends?" M'tias laughed "All right I'll stop. You're really bugged by this aren't you?

He furrowed his brow, "I wasn't bugged by anything, but Aletta was. She got all _emotional_ and _girly_ at me when she told me about how people were talking about us." Figol shook his head, confused by her actions. "I thought things were different here in the Weyr!"

"All girly on you? Figol, she is a girl, a rather cute one if she' who I think she is. They don't make sense." He shook his head. "The Weyr is different. It's just girls who never change."

"Well I guess I just don't understand girls!" he huffed, and it didn't matter if she _was_ a rather cute one. "Your not supposed too. They get _really_ mad if you figure them out." He laughed. "Listen, is there anything I can do to help?"

Figol shrugged, "I don't think so. I'm just kind of hoping she'll forget all about this and go back to being _normal_. I really like spending time with her, but she gives me a headache sometimes!"

"Good luck, my friend."

"Thanks, I'll probably need it!"

Last updated on the February 21st 2006

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