Taiyou scowled and shuttered at the mentioned of Connlaothians. It took all she had not to spit at the mention of their dragon killing. Shioko, sensing her uneasiness, grumbled under her weight, to which she leaned in and patted the creature.
"They're all stupid brutes," she muttered so that Angel wouldn't hear.
Part of the girl hoped that they could run into such a hunter and punish the fiends.
Crazy people with weak hearts, Taiyou thought, though she wouldn't have dared to say that out loud. They had to be. What sort of people thought magic unnatural, and for their mages to put up with that?
If that ever happened in Adela, there would be riots, she mused, content with that answer.
Shioko soared in the sky as he followed Shai. Taiyou observed the village with awe.
It's so small, she thought, used to the city.
Her eyes narrowed as she just barely made out the plateau her teacher pointed towards. The girl nodded in response to his signal before directing her dragon to fly towards it. Taiyou smiled in the face of the wind, her eyes squinting as the wind pressed against her face, her clothes rustling against her skin, her braid swaying fiercely. The girl gripped tighter to her saddle and leaned as Shioko turned. She yelped as a white bird fearlessly passed by over head and stared at for a moment in amazement. Shio chuckled as the girl quickly turned her attention back to flying.
"That was too close," she muttered, shaken.
She had known the avian here had adapted to the mountain climate, but not that they were this fearless of dragons. She made a note to ask Angel why later.
Shioko landed a couple of meters away by the westernmost trees in the clearing, but Taiyou didn't dismount. She wanted to wait to see what Angel would do.