Having plenty of time to counsel his mun...

[elderspeaksfirst]

Joor feim. Mortal things pass, both good and ill. Bide for a while, and some may yet return to you.

[He lowers his head a moment, thinking.]

You are often eager to hunt more than you can bear. Diin frini. You have enough left before you, and I… [a low chuckle] Zu dein drem. I am patient. I will have tinvaak with those who will speak, teach those who will listen, fly freely in the skies once more. That is more than enough to content me.

Comments

[shendude]

I find your advice somewhat lacking, brother dragon. Contrary to the vernacular, good things do not come to those that wait, but those that seize them.

[elderspeaksfirst]

Boziik zii. Living things cannot be seized so readily. Grasp too hard, and you are likely to crush them.

[shendude]

Undeniably. Yet only to those unskilled and skill comes only from the attempt.

[elderspeaksfirst]

Paaz. A fair point. But part of that skill lies in koraav tiid, choosing the moment to strike. They must learn this as well.

[shendude]

Biding ones time is another tactic useful only to the inexperienced. We seem to be trapped in a circle, brother.

[elderspeaksfirst]

Have you often hunted, boziik gein? There is a difference between failing to act and choosing when to act. Fen ni sahlo. One cannot ride the storm before it has risen, nor seize an opportunity that is not there.

[shendude]

One may, if they have the talent to create opportunity whenever they wish. Should I wish to ride a storm, I shall summon one. If that is not the way of a dragon, then what is?

[elderspeaksfirst]

Perhaps it is assuming that we should command all things as readily as the skies.

[shendude]

Why brother, you say that almost as if you disagree.

[elderspeaksfirst]

I do. Ours are not the only voices worthy of being heard. Nahlot Thu'umme los dukaan. There is no honor in silencing the rest.

[shendude]

Alas... it seems you have mistaken yourself for an overly large gecko. Of course we should rule, without input from lesser creatures.

[elderspeaksfirst]

A typical answer. Zul se kah. Hmmh. It is our nature to seek dominion. I acknowledge this. But is it also our way to hide from an honorable challenge? Bovul vahzen?