For a moment, his mouth flapped airlessly in disbelief. A small twitch formed at the top of his right eye, making it flutter uncontrollably. "I.. I know this! Very very dangerous, rider fall, rider die. Volareon seriously injured, die. More danger horse, more danger.. any other animal. Fly worst." It was a lecture that he had received very early on, from Poppy and Gaspard both, on separate occasions. He'd heard it translated to other languages and other riders as well, as they passed in and out of the Lodge, learning to control their animals, all of the necessary tricks of the trade. Not just how to ride, but how to train and control the animal from the ground as well, for if the rider was forcefully dismounted, by whatever means. It didn't deter him. "What not sense make, you Sky rider!" he practically yelled, catching the attention of a few neighbours. The way he kept pointing out that key point was probably beginning to make it quite obvious that he was having real trouble believing that fact. "Name, rank, all.. grr." Nir'wei knew he needed to calm himself, to think of the proper words to say, but Vivian, whether it was intentional or not, was absolutely infuriating at this moment.
No matter how many deep breaths he took, it wouldn't calm the irritation settling on his skin like a bad rash. "What not understand, you Sky Rider. If anyone have training, have experience, have... have good ride skills, supposed to be you! Yes?" Or was there some backwards tradition of Rynmere that they would do the exact opposite of their name, their legend, their expectation? "Everyone ride horse. True, bad. True, not like. Still happen. Learn things not change. Still ride, no matter how much tell. Find other animal. But. You call self Sky Rider, but not ride in sky. Ride horse. Not flying horse! Regular horse!" Both hands were tossed into the air in disbelief, with a snort of derision. "Then, then, say good thing! Say rank think good. Defend people do wrong, tell you it right not learn what should know anyway. Not even question! You, never wonder why never learn ride Volareon sooner? You not even come Lodge, look at animals! Animals that give you name, give you legend! Never, NEVER, story told of Sky Rider who ride horse. Everyone ride horse. Volareon... Jacadon... what make you special. But you not learn."
She had a talent for bringing out the worst in Nir'wei. It wasn't going to go away. "Oh really? Could leave, if want? What Sky Riders say if leave, hmm?" Frankly, he didn't really have the best image of the military. Those who were a part of it, for the most part they seemed to just be ordinary people... but as an organization, as a group so strict with so much control over the lives of so many, he found it difficult to really put much faith or trust into them. It wouldn't surprise him if they refused to allow others to leave.. for whatever reasons they wanted. "Besides. Nowhere safe. No matter how many Sky Riders. Never safe." Heck, for all the military presence that Rynmere had, there was still plenty of trouble roaming. In Desnind, a place where everyone was so reliant on others, there was still trouble too. There just wasn't any winning on that battlefield. Just endless fighting.
But, it seemed they'd have to move somewhere else if they wanted to continue this... argument of theirs. Either because the bartender had had enough of their squabbling, or because of some other reason behind the scenes. As it turned out, it was the latter. With a hand on the back of his collar, Nir'wei had just enough time to catch a glance of the woman from earlier that'd snuck off to 'persuade' the bouncer.. only now the bouncer was growling and the woman's wig had fallen off, displaying short brown hair.. and apparently her breasts had fallen out too, because she looked... a lot more manlier than before. "Oh." Suddenly everything clicked together and he understood. Although he couldn't bring himself to explain to Vivian that his transgender buddy had just got them kicked out by flirting with the bouncer and tricking him into an unscheduled biology lesson.
"I know place," he spoke up all of a sudden. "On way there, you tell me all about why you still call self Skyrider from back of land horse." Nope, he really wasn't going to give that argument up.
No matter how many deep breaths he took, it wouldn't calm the irritation settling on his skin like a bad rash. "What not understand, you Sky Rider. If anyone have training, have experience, have... have good ride skills, supposed to be you! Yes?" Or was there some backwards tradition of Rynmere that they would do the exact opposite of their name, their legend, their expectation? "Everyone ride horse. True, bad. True, not like. Still happen. Learn things not change. Still ride, no matter how much tell. Find other animal. But. You call self Sky Rider, but not ride in sky. Ride horse. Not flying horse! Regular horse!" Both hands were tossed into the air in disbelief, with a snort of derision. "Then, then, say good thing! Say rank think good. Defend people do wrong, tell you it right not learn what should know anyway. Not even question! You, never wonder why never learn ride Volareon sooner? You not even come Lodge, look at animals! Animals that give you name, give you legend! Never, NEVER, story told of Sky Rider who ride horse. Everyone ride horse. Volareon... Jacadon... what make you special. But you not learn."
She had a talent for bringing out the worst in Nir'wei. It wasn't going to go away. "Oh really? Could leave, if want? What Sky Riders say if leave, hmm?" Frankly, he didn't really have the best image of the military. Those who were a part of it, for the most part they seemed to just be ordinary people... but as an organization, as a group so strict with so much control over the lives of so many, he found it difficult to really put much faith or trust into them. It wouldn't surprise him if they refused to allow others to leave.. for whatever reasons they wanted. "Besides. Nowhere safe. No matter how many Sky Riders. Never safe." Heck, for all the military presence that Rynmere had, there was still plenty of trouble roaming. In Desnind, a place where everyone was so reliant on others, there was still trouble too. There just wasn't any winning on that battlefield. Just endless fighting.
But, it seemed they'd have to move somewhere else if they wanted to continue this... argument of theirs. Either because the bartender had had enough of their squabbling, or because of some other reason behind the scenes. As it turned out, it was the latter. With a hand on the back of his collar, Nir'wei had just enough time to catch a glance of the woman from earlier that'd snuck off to 'persuade' the bouncer.. only now the bouncer was growling and the woman's wig had fallen off, displaying short brown hair.. and apparently her breasts had fallen out too, because she looked... a lot more manlier than before. "Oh." Suddenly everything clicked together and he understood. Although he couldn't bring himself to explain to Vivian that his transgender buddy had just got them kicked out by flirting with the bouncer and tricking him into an unscheduled biology lesson.
"I know place," he spoke up all of a sudden. "On way there, you tell me all about why you still call self Skyrider from back of land horse." Nope, he really wasn't going to give that argument up.