You Can Make It Work

Writers: Eimi, Rylie
Date Posted: 7th March 2006

Characters: Ny'n, R'mer
Description: Ny'n and Reymer discuss the challenges of the Weyr while the brownrider teaches the candidate how to bathe a dragon.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 10, day 3 of Turn 3

}:Your finished. Are you going to bathe me now?:{ Damarith asked his rider impatiently.

**Yes, I will. Meet me and we will got to the beach.** Ny'n couldn't help the chuckle. Once Damarith got it in his head that he needed a bath, even a quarter of candlemark was too long for him to wait. He quickly headed in that direction.

Reymer stood as he saw the brown and his rider land on the beach. He had been told that a brownrider would come and that he would help bathe his dragon, just for the practice. The candidate waved at the rider as he slipped off the dragon's neck. "Excuse me. Are you Ny'n?"

"Yes, I am. And this is Damarith. Are you here to help with his bath?"
Ny'n asked the candidate. "Yes, sir. I was told you had volunteered to teach me." Reymer tried to hide his surprise at the size of the brown. He wasn't as big as the gold he had seen, but he was much bigger than the greens he had been around.

"Always glad for the help. I'm sure that you have already been instructed on the importance of maintaining your dragon's hide, so we'll get right to it," Ny'n pulled two stiff bristled brushes from a sack he had brought along and handed one to Reymer. "The most important thing is to make sure that you don't miss any spots so, personally, I like to be systematic. One side front to back then the other, front to back," the brownrider said, taking a brush and demonstrating. "Don't be afraid to put some muscle into it, you aren't going to hurt this big guy!" he said with a chuckle. "Here go ahead and start right here." Reymer picked up a brush and began scrubbing. "I suppose it just feels like a little tickle to him."

}:That feels good. This one does good.:{ Ny'n chuckled at both Reymer's comment and Damarith's. "He says that you have a good touch. Ah, what was your name?"

The candidate smiled a little at the compliment. "Reymer."

"Where are you from Reymer?"

"From a farm in the foothills of the Eastern Barrier Range." He flinched as he felt something brush against his leg. Looking down into the clear water he saw it was just a water plant of some kind. The dragonrider was probably used to the feeling by now, but it was completely foreign to Reymer. **Like everything else here...**

Ny'n saw Reymer flinch, but had not noticed why, and was wondering if something was bothering the young candidate. "Did you leave family behind?" "Yes. My mother, brother and three sisters." That sharding plant was really starting to bother him. He was happy to move away from it to scrub the next spot on the dragon's great neck.

The brownrider nodded, scrubbing Damarith as he listened. "I found it exciting to be searched, but coming to the Weyr and leaving family behind was not easy. How are you finding weyrlife?"

"It's certainly... different from what I'm used to," Reymer replied politely.

Ny'n smiled at the younger man's hesitation and politely 'correct' answer. "I remember being very uncomfortable with the relaxed nature of the weyr myself, when I first came here, but after impressing Damarith, that hardly mattered." "That's good to know," the candidate smiled. "I mean, I'm starting to get used to _some_ things."

"It's definitely different than hold or hall, but I have found it easy enough to take what I like and leave alone that which I don't. Well, most of the time anyway."

"Is it too personal to ask what those things are that you leave alone?"

"Unless, my dragon is involved, I don't seek a partner during green flights. In fact I generally avoid the sexual promiscuity of the weyr in general, except to meet my dragon's need." Ny'n paused, "I have enjoyed my share of wine, but I seldom get drunk. I have friends and enjoy their company, but they have learned there are certain things that I just don't want to be a part of. Now, I won't lie to you, that does leave me on my own a fair amount, but with Damarith here to keep me company I have never minded." "Well, I have to admit, I've had a few drinks and... Well, there is this one girl that I wouldn't mind getting to know better, though I've never done any sexual prome... promsruity yet." Shards, but Reymer felt the fool when people used big words.

Ny'n gave himself an internal reprimand. With harper training he knew better than to talk above people. He'd made the boy uncomfortable, but decided the best thing was to just continue. "Well, when you're ready, you have the freedom here to explore, but don't let yourself be pushed. Enjoy getting to know this girl better and don't worry about the rest. If you impress, you will be encouraged to explore sexual relations if you haven't yet, but believe me, having been in your position, it really isn't something you need to be overly worried about." "Yeah, I guess I think too much sometimes." Since coming to the Weyr, it seemed as though that was all he had time for. "I want to fit in here, though."

"The dragon who searched you felt you were right for the weyr, Reymer. So if you _want_ to fit in, you will. It may be challenging at times, but I think you'll make it work. I did." Reymer knew the brownrider was right. He could make it work. Everyone else seemed to. Shards, what was the big deal anyway. So sometimes people had sexual promsicutity... sexual relations. Lots of people in the Holds have it too. It's just more secret there. And so what if some of the boys like other boys. It's not like _he_ had to like other boys... Maybe he was making more a problem out of this than there really needed to be. "You're right, Ny'n. Thank you. I'll find a way to make it work."

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