"Oh yeah, that would probably work... :3 (I want to ask a question but I have to wait until you've finished the third book. Curses!)" I'll let you know when I get to the end of the third/random point of the later books.
"What a lovely way to put it! :) I also like the tendril idea... :3 Laurence has a lot on his mind and it wouldn't be COMPLETELY unreasonable for him to have forgotten..." Especially as Tem's head is OVER his, and reptile anatomy isn't immediately as obvious as mammalian, and Laurence isn't thinking much of it. He's rubbing the top of his head on Tem's chin, and it isn't as if Temeraire minds. (Tem will just need some nice rocks. Laurence would be mortified beyond measure if (anyone knew that) he needed the same thing.)
"Oh god that would be heartbreaking. T_T I'm sure even Temeraire's reaction to Jane's suggesting that would be horrifying, too." I think Tem might lash out at first, because he would NOT harm Laurence and how could she say such things, but Jane stands her ground and THEN Temeraire is absolutely horrified that he might have harmed Laurence so badly and had no idea of what he'd done.
That would be the hyper-depressing outtake. "If Jane had been gone/had died here/something had happened that she couldn't talk sense into them." Lily and Max are lovely, but they're not nearly so perceptive, and Tem's a bit clouded by "MY captain" and "what a lovely dragon" and "odd, I used to think Mei was quite pretty, but he is a wonderful color." Laurence is a martyr until it is bodily forced out of him, and they're rather exhausting to live with.
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Date: 2011-02-28 01:02 am (UTC)"What a lovely way to put it! :) I also like the tendril idea... :3 Laurence has a lot on his mind and it wouldn't be COMPLETELY unreasonable for him to have forgotten..." Especially as Tem's head is OVER his, and reptile anatomy isn't immediately as obvious as mammalian, and Laurence isn't thinking much of it. He's rubbing the top of his head on Tem's chin, and it isn't as if Temeraire minds. (Tem will just need some nice rocks. Laurence would be mortified beyond measure if (anyone knew that) he needed the same thing.)
"Oh god that would be heartbreaking. T_T I'm sure even Temeraire's reaction to Jane's suggesting that would be horrifying, too." I think Tem might lash out at first, because he would NOT harm Laurence and how could she say such things, but Jane stands her ground and THEN Temeraire is absolutely horrified that he might have harmed Laurence so badly and had no idea of what he'd done.
That would be the hyper-depressing outtake. "If Jane had been gone/had died here/something had happened that she couldn't talk sense into them." Lily and Max are lovely, but they're not nearly so perceptive, and Tem's a bit clouded by "MY captain" and "what a lovely dragon" and "odd, I used to think Mei was quite pretty, but he is a wonderful color." Laurence is a martyr until it is bodily forced out of him, and they're rather exhausting to live with.