01 Owlflight by Lackey Mercedes

Author:Lackey, Mercedes [Mercedes, Lackey,]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T20:47:01.043000+00:00

Snowfire kept having to hide his smile the next day when he encountered Kel; the young gryphon was so pleased with himself - not in any truly vain way, but simply full of joy and astonishment at his own daring deeds. He had probably been a great deal less sure of himself at the time than he had pretended. In fact, he reminded Snowfire of a certain young Tayledras after his first successful mission, some few years ago. It was odd how certain things transcended the boundaries of species. Nightwind, of course, had made a great fuss over Kel; over both of them, actually, but she was more demonstrative with Kel. So when, after greeting the gryphon, hed gone to her to ask her to make sure he hadnt done any damage to himself, he also asked her why shed been so effusive. I was beginning to think you were being a little too enthusiastic, he told her. You know, the way doting mothers make a great fuss over a child whos done something perfectly ordinary? I dont mean to try to teach you your job, but Kels old enough to see through that sort of thing. Gryphons, especially young ones like Kel, are a lot more fragile than youd think, she told Snowfire, as she checked his arm wound and rewrapped it. They need a great deal of encouragement before they become secure in making their own judgments. Its a fledging sort of thing; they really go through several stages of fledging, and the most critical is in learning to trust their training and make their own decisions instead of waiting for orders from someone else. She sealed down the end of the bandage with a firm finger. He really was very clever to remember Tadrith Wyrsabane, and the Changed creatures he encountered. I can promise you that not one in a dozen of the gryphons Ive tended would remember a tale that old. Tadrith is ancient history, and the young ones tend to dismiss history out of hand. Snowfire thanked her with a smile, then stretched out along the rock rimming the larger pool to soak up the sun. That was his prescription for muscles aching from his unbalanced climbing last night. I think he may be trying to model himself off this Tadrith, he suggested. Its just a thought, but the way he Mindspoke the name suggested something of the sort to me last night. Nightwind unwound her hair from the knot at the back of her head, and shook it free; it fell in rippling waves to her waist. I can certainly think of worse examples, and gryphons that have tried to follow them. Well, for one thing, trying to model himself off Skandranon would be a very bad thing to do. We dont have any stories of Skandranon as a young, rash, and fallible gryphon, only those in which Skandranon succeeds beyond anyones wildest dreams and pulls off another miraculous, heroic coup. By this time

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