"when Laurence is being meek and quiet and not even FIGHTING (which means that he thinks the orders will go the other way, and he would disgrace his commanding officer to protest)." ;_; Oh Laurence... He's lost a lot of his confidence. The others need to help him build it up again.
"I'm afraid that you have no right to name a child after that ordeal, Laurence, but you may choose Margaret's middle name if you like." That is an AMAZING line. Please include it. XD
Also, side note: I would look up historical window sizes to see what's physically possible in the regency era. It may be fairly small, only enough for Laurence to press up one side of his face (dragon eyes don't face forward and are on opposite sides of the face!) to it so he can barely see what's going on. I remember visiting a castle in the North of England (I think it was the one where the outdoor scenes of the flying lesson in the Philosopher's Stone movie were filmed? ANYWAY) and they had this giant mirror that was the single largest piece of glass anywhere at the time. It was like two stories tall. But that was an almost impossible feat of engineering. I want to say that it was made in the late 1700s... but I cannot recall. No photos were allowed inside, sadly.
"Maybe Greek, so they can learn a new language together, but they don't get far before Temeraire hears an opera somehow and instantly wants to learn Italian" XD Yes. Also, hiring musicians like they did in the books would help Laurence feel a bit more human again. :)
"she is Laurence and Temeraire's absolute favorite and all of the rest of the children are jealous." Oh yes. She's practically first in line to captain one of TWO impressive dragons. She has first pick. ;)
"Laurence is a dragon. How on earth are we going to deal with this? Let's find out." That could practically be the summary. ;)
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Date: 2011-02-28 01:17 am (UTC)"I'm afraid that you have no right to name a child after that ordeal, Laurence, but you may choose Margaret's middle name if you like." That is an AMAZING line. Please include it. XD
Also, side note: I would look up historical window sizes to see what's physically possible in the regency era. It may be fairly small, only enough for Laurence to press up one side of his face (dragon eyes don't face forward and are on opposite sides of the face!) to it so he can barely see what's going on. I remember visiting a castle in the North of England (I think it was the one where the outdoor scenes of the flying lesson in the Philosopher's Stone movie were filmed? ANYWAY) and they had this giant mirror that was the single largest piece of glass anywhere at the time. It was like two stories tall. But that was an almost impossible feat of engineering. I want to say that it was made in the late 1700s... but I cannot recall. No photos were allowed inside, sadly.
"Maybe Greek, so they can learn a new language together, but they don't get far before Temeraire hears an opera somehow and instantly wants to learn Italian" XD Yes. Also, hiring musicians like they did in the books would help Laurence feel a bit more human again. :)
"she is Laurence and Temeraire's absolute favorite and all of the rest of the children are jealous." Oh yes. She's practically first in line to captain one of TWO impressive dragons. She has first pick. ;)
"Laurence is a dragon. How on earth are we going to deal with this? Let's find out." That could practically be the summary. ;)