";_; And I'm sure that he can't even voice all of these fears, not all to any one person, anyway, because he doesn't want to be seen as shirking his duty or being unhappy or anything and so he just goes... quiet." Right! And that's when people get very worried, because he has a lot to say, and if he's refusing to let it out... uh oh, must be quite bad indeed.
Somebody will finally get him to talk, and it will probably be Lily, because Laurence refuses to tell Temeraire or any of the humans. She'll listen, then... "If they send you away, you know Temeraire will not fight and there's no use telling him otherwise. I'll tell Catherine that she should be sure the admiral sees sense."
"Aww... <3 Perhaps Jane also scandalizes some people by leaving her young child - like, toddler onwards? Once she's potty trained? - alone with dragon!Laurence as a babysitter for a few hours. And he is the most CAREFUL creature imaginable with the girl. ;)" People are absolutely horrified, but the toddler is ridiculous (she calls the dragon DA, honestly, what kind of world is this) and the dragon is obviously devoted... even if they never would have thought to use a firebreathing French dragon as a child-minder. Even before she's quite potty-trained, Roland will (however begrudgingly) help change her sister's nappies.
"Holy crap I know. But I suppose that judging by all of the metalwork in the Fire Nation, I would imagine that glassblowing and glass production is fairly good there, at least, because of firebending... Non-warfare-related uses for firebending are cool. :3" Hello, best glassblowers out there. Yeah, there are a LOT of cool uses for bending that aren't in fights.
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Date: 2011-02-28 01:50 am (UTC)Somebody will finally get him to talk, and it will probably be Lily, because Laurence refuses to tell Temeraire or any of the humans. She'll listen, then... "If they send you away, you know Temeraire will not fight and there's no use telling him otherwise. I'll tell Catherine that she should be sure the admiral sees sense."
"Aww... <3 Perhaps Jane also scandalizes some people by leaving her young child - like, toddler onwards? Once she's potty trained? - alone with dragon!Laurence as a babysitter for a few hours. And he is the most CAREFUL creature imaginable with the girl. ;)" People are absolutely horrified, but the toddler is ridiculous (she calls the dragon DA, honestly, what kind of world is this) and the dragon is obviously devoted... even if they never would have thought to use a firebreathing French dragon as a child-minder. Even before she's quite potty-trained, Roland will (however begrudgingly) help change her sister's nappies.
"Holy crap I know. But I suppose that judging by all of the metalwork in the Fire Nation, I would imagine that glassblowing and glass production is fairly good there, at least, because of firebending... Non-warfare-related uses for firebending are cool. :3" Hello, best glassblowers out there. Yeah, there are a LOT of cool uses for bending that aren't in fights.