It gets even harder to fight them after they're lovers. They KNOW each other in a way that most are never going to figure out, and their crews are probably very light and mostly there for some artillery support and signaling.
Lien turned Laurence into a dragon, something of his heritage. At worst he's an acid-spitter... she thinks. She didn't know he was French, never looked at his lovely family chart.
Also, stray thought: I still find it puzzling that Temeraire's egg was so poorly guarded. What would have happened if a few of the fire-breathers (I'll remember the proper name eventually) had flown out to escort the Amite in? Flying over the ocean is dangerous, but two of them could take it in turns and it's not difficult to carry an egg in a properly-done pouch.
If they found the egg in possession of the British, or if (better) a VERY large French gunship found them, then they might have been in French custody when the egg hatched on-ship. It would still find Laurence and that would be the end of it, but it's much thornier when it's the dragonet meant for the emperor and has decided that it's sleeping in the brig.
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Date: 2011-02-28 05:37 am (UTC)Lien turned Laurence into a dragon, something of his heritage. At worst he's an acid-spitter... she thinks. She didn't know he was French, never looked at his lovely family chart.
Also, stray thought: I still find it puzzling that Temeraire's egg was so poorly guarded. What would have happened if a few of the fire-breathers (I'll remember the proper name eventually) had flown out to escort the Amite in? Flying over the ocean is dangerous, but two of them could take it in turns and it's not difficult to carry an egg in a properly-done pouch.
If they found the egg in possession of the British, or if (better) a VERY large French gunship found them, then they might have been in French custody when the egg hatched on-ship. It would still find Laurence and that would be the end of it, but it's much thornier when it's the dragonet meant for the emperor and has decided that it's sleeping in the brig.