[NRPG Bit of a backpost I'm afraid!]

>He watched the new dragon land and a woman clad in the tightest leather
>he'd ever seen, outside of city street corners in Ralengarde, slip from
>the saddle.  He walked over and extended a hand.

>"Hi, I'm Tr'etram, the trainer here."

>She took his hand as her eyes travelled appraisingly down his body.  He
>had seen that look before, many a time, and recognised the approval in   
her
>face.  "I'm Tina.  It's a pleasure to meet you."

>"From what I've heard, you're a little more advanced in riding than the
>students here, but I'll need to cover dragon first aid, tactical theory
>and some other topics we've already covered here sometime later, one on
>one.  Is that all right with you?"

>"One on one?  Oh, that would be *fine* with me," she said with a smile.

>Trey smiled back and turned to the rest of the trainees.  "Everyone,   
this
>is Tina and Shella.  They'll be joining us for some... refresher   
courses.
>Be sure to make them welcome."

Tina looked at the mixture of faces before her, human and dragon a like.
"Ok what the picture here?" Tina asked. Trey looked at her not quite   
understanding what she had said.
"Hmmm I mean what's the lesson about?"

Trey explained as Tina seeminly listened intently. Her eyews never   
leaving his.
<Tina, leave it out, you've caused enough trouble with Kendal.>
<Oh be quiet Shella. That was his fault, if he wasn't single he should of   
kept his hands to himself.>
<That's not quite fair Tina....>
<Isn't it? If things were so right between  them then he wouldn't have   
been interested in me. At the end of the day it comes down to sex. Pure   
and simple. I wasn't offering myself for a long term relationship just a   
one night brief encounter.>
<What about...>
<I do feel sorry for her, but we're all adults. He's bound to sleep with   
other people, especially with the dragon mating flights.>
<I think there's a big difference.>
<Only if you want there to be one.>
<Don't you feel sorry for her. She was deply in love with him and he   
cheated on her and broke her trust. She must be feeling really crap right   
now hurt, confused and alone.>

Tina paused.
<I know, perhaps I should have stopped encouraging him when I found out   
he wasn't single. But he is a grown boy and should be responsible for   
himself. Maybe, just maybe I did her a favour. He would have cheated on   
her in a few years time, maybe when they had kids. How would she feel   
then?>
<Maybe.....> said Shella not at all convinced.
<She feels bad now but would have felt even worse down the line.>

"Tina, Tina are you with us?" asked Trey.
"Uh, oh sure." said Tina.
"I was asking you what experience you have in dragon combat?" reminded   
Trey.
"Sure. What do you want to know?"
"Anything you might have found interesting."

"Ok I tended to work alone in Renen. There weren't as many riders and   
dragons as there are here so we couldn't fly in wings like you do here."   
Tina paused and looked at the class and saw what she thought was   
confussion.
"Right your main strenght is you ability to fight in groups, each of you   
looking out for each other. Well I had to rely on Shella and Shella   
relied on me. Perhaps we could work on my tactics so that if any of us   
are caught on our own we would be a more formidable force. I mean you   
can't copunt on always having your budies there to help you right?"

Tina saw the look on the riders in front of her, it was clear that she   
might have something to offer.

""We do teach our riders to fight on their own."
"I'm not saying that you don't. You're the wing leader, or teacher type   
guy right?" Tina asked. Trey nodded. "I could whip your sorry arse up in   
the sky, mainly because I *have had to* fight on my own to survive." Tina   
saw Trey turning a slight shade of red.
"Care to put your words to the test?" Trey challenged. Tina smiled a   
sweet, innocent smile, and winked.

[Tag : Trey]

NRPG: Lynnette, sorry I've taken so long and have had to backpost so far.   
Over to you.

James
xxx