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Date Posted: 16:42:22 01/06/05 Thu
Author: Z'll and Anth
Subject: Think of me
In reply to: R'ko, Rikkith 's message, "Finally alone?" on 14:09:01 01/06/05 Thu

Think of me With you

Anth landed in a clearing, and waited for his lithe rider to pull the leather harness from his neck. Z'll pulled the harness off, and sat on a log near the stream, using a rag soaked in wherry fat to soften a part of it. The thick strap that followed Anth's breastbone was stiff with salty sweat. He worked the leather, using greasy fat soaked rags to release the tension on the straps. One time, the strap snapped on him, and he nearly broke his neck when he fell. His wingmate had caught him though, and he escaped unscathed.

Anth circled the forest tops, and zoned in on a flock of wherry. He dove, and made a neat kill. The dark blue fly the carcass to the other side of the stream.

Z'll watched the blue rip open the wherry, and begin stripping meat from it's bones. He finished oiling the harness, and laid the two main loops of the neck straps on the ground. He then coiled the breast band, the strap he had just oiled, around the outside. His fingers worked quickly, arm muscles rippling as he tightly curled the flight harness, and tied a long piece of rope around the thick leather. He put the bundled leather on a raised roots, and gathered pebbles.

Anth finished the wherry, and circled the sky again. This time, he landed on a wild herdbeast, and carried it, still struggling, to the other side of the stream.

Z'll made a small pile of pebbles, and took a feather from his belt pouch. He placed it in the center of the pile, and stood up. The blue rider arched his back like a feline, and ended up doing a back flip. He landed on his feet, a little woozy, but feeling great. The man stood in the stream, watching the fingerfish swimming around his ankles.

Anth killed the herdbeast quickly, and ate it head first, his large teeth crushing bones. His large, multifacted eyes regarded his rider. They were whirling blue/green, very fast, but slowing down.

Z'll gave his blue a cocky, half-grin, and carefully drew his belt knife. His hand hovered above the water level, and he speared a large fingerfish. Climbing out of the pool, he gathered sticks.
The man biult the fire starting pile known as the 'log cabin' when he noticed the bronw rider, and his dragon, not ten paces from him. The rider appeared to be sleeping, but the brown seemed to agitated for that.

Anth? Would you ask that brown what's wrong?
Certainly, Zi

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Replies:

Who Knew? -- R'ko, Rikkith, 05:48:34 01/07/05 Fri
- Silent and Resigned -- Z'll, 10:35:57 01/08/05 Sat
  - Gone But Not Forgotten -- R'ko and Rikkith, 16:28:01 01/14/05 Fri
    - Trying too hard -- Z'll, 07:03:22 01/16/05 Sun
      - (NT) -- ., 18:03:34 01/17/05 Mon
      - Faith... -- R'ko, 14:22:54 01/27/05 Thu
        Maybe -- Z'll, 20:25:27 02/04/05 Fri
        Leaving... -- R'ko, 16:16:00 02/05/05 Sat