[stylist] More on human-dragon relations (part of the new chapter 2)

Mon Sep 21 21:16:44 UTC 2009

Hi Judith,
thanks for getting back about that. Beria is meant to sound jalous
when she comments about the bathroom being 'unneccessary'.
She gets worse later in the book.

Helene

On 21/09/2009, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
> I didn't get the impression that Beria is jealous of Talman.  Maybe I'm
> dense, but this is the first time it crossed my mind.  Judith
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>
> I've made some more alterations to this part of chapter 2 (was chapter
> 3). I hope this will help explaining the diversity in human-dragon
> relationships. Remember that Liza is besotted with her dragon. You are
> supposed to get the impression that Beria is jalous of the way Talmon
> treats Liza without Liza actually being aware of it yet. Do you?
>
> "After a day of struggling to decipher lip patterns at school, it was
> always a relief at the end of the day to go home to Talmon. The
> wonderful language of Dramic with its telepathically transmitted
> images is most ideal for the deaf.
> As I got home I would visualise an empty bowl with a question mark.
> "Fish and chips" I would sign.  I couldn’t see Talmon from where I was
> standing at the bottom of a steep climb, but I knew he could see me.
> I visualised a fat and unhealthy looking girl with a spotty face.
> "All right then.  I'll have spicy bean pasties with Salad."  (Talmon
> has a freezer full of healthy meals for me.  He warms them up and
> serves them to me with plenty of salad.)
> At that point a rope and harness would land at my feet.  I would slip
> on my safety harness, and scramble up the side of the building.   I
> would feel for the protruding bricks and heave myself.   Talmon would
> assist me by pulling on my safety harness.
> As I neared the door, Talmon would reach out a long scaly hand to help
> me up, his beautiful copper coloured skin had a lovely smooth texture
> to it.  I loved nothing better then to throw my arms round his
> beautiful scaly neck,  Panting from the energy I had put into my
> climb.
> Like most homes owned by dragons,  the front door was situated on the
> roof.  In fact most other doors are also situated horizontally on the
> ceiling, making it convenient for the dragon to swoop down to the
> level below.
>      The floors themselves are enormous.  They needed to be since
> Talmon is twelve foot long and four foot high with long leathery wings
> that are at least 24 foot in diameter.
> The only acceptation to the rule is my bedroom and bathroom which are
> much smaller then the rest of the rooms.  They have small vertical
> doors that Talmon is unable to fit through. There is an alternative
> entrance for Talmon, through the roof but I  didn‘t know about that
> until later on.
>
> I remember when Beria first brought me here, I stayed in my rooms
> until I stopped feeling quite so scared of Talmon.  I can’t remember
> why I was ever so afraid, it all seems so silly now.  Aunt Beria tried
> to drag me out a few times, and told me that since Talmon had paid for
> me,  my place was to serve him and refer to him as my owner.  She felt
> it was quite ridiculous of Talmon to have provided me with a bathroom
> when she felt a bucket at the corner of my room would have done.  She
> told me that if she had behaved like this with her ‘owner’ she would
> have been part of his next meal.
> Fortunately Talmon showed a lot more patience then Aunt Beria did.
> He never pressed me to come out.  He would just push my food through
> the door.   Waiting patiently for me to get used to his presence,
> which eventually I did.
> For the first few days, Talmon gave me whatever I asked for, which
> mainly consisted of junk food.  My aunts had a few words with Talmon
> about that, so Talmon switched to healthy meals.  Only using the junk
> food to lure me out of my rooms.  At the time I thought my aunts were
> being really mean to interfere in my dietary choices in this way.  As
> a health conscious vegetarian I know better now.  As wonderful and
> considerate as Talmon is, he has no idea what human hatchlings should
> be eating. I could have asked him for all sorts of junk food if my
> aunts hadn’t put a stop to that.
> Talmon has never ever treated me like a slave, in the way some people
> claim that Dragons do.  In fact he’s very keen to please me.  He got
> me a play area, a  trampoline, a treadmill.  He even took the trouble
> of installing a Jacuzzi in the bath.  He’ll provide me with whatever I
> ask him for within reason.  In fact aunt Beria is forever complaining
> that Talmon spoils me.
> I don’t understand why some people don’t share my love of the dragons,
> and claim that we are being oppressed by them.  If anything I’m
> ‘oppressing’ Talmon since I insist on cutting his nails.
> Some people also whine about the lack of stairs in Darthrila, but
> climbing up the side of buildings, is a good form of exercise. I think
> such challenges are necessary in life.   People must be really fat and
> unhealthy in other parts of the world that are run by humans.   Human
> leaders are very corrupt.  They make a mess of everything, squandering
> a lot of the world’s resources on unnecessary items such as cars.
> Due to all these cars the air in human-run countries is thick with
> smog.  This makes people cough and splutter all the time.  I feel very
> privileged to live in a country that is run by a dragon.
>
> Far from being my oppressor,  my beloved dragon, Talmon saved my life
> on numerous occasions."
>
> Helene
>
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