Yui quickly slid down her riding goggles as her young green, Rysenth, splashed about in Rose Circle Weyr's lake They didn't help much other than to keep her from whipping her eyes every time the dragonet jumped about. This is fun, Yui! I like the lake! the happy voice of the boyish looking girl's dragon warbled as she flapped her wings wildly. It was amazing that Rysenth had not injurred herself nor pulled any muscles as she preformed in this way each day while Yui tried to bathe her.

Yui's brown fire lizard, Kymon, squaked repeatably at the green dragon. He was theroughly iritated by the fact that he was getting wet again after just finishing helping his mistress to scrub the now rambunktious hatchling. He finally took to wing and started scolding her from the air. But I like the water, Kymon. Yui doesn't mind that I splash her, do you, Yui? Rysenth asked turning her head to her soaked rider. Yui tried her best to look stern but could only laugh at her green's inocence.

"I don't mind too much, Rysenth," she smiled, "it's just that it's a bit cold today and I don't want to catch some cough and runny nose." What's the matter with having those, Yui? "It would mean I had a cold, dear heart." If you were to get a cold I would be able to warm you up, the green replied walking towards her. "Not that kind of cold, love. This type would cause me not to take a good care of you as I am now for a day or more." Oh, then that would be bad, the Weyrling Master says you must be able to help me out at a moments notice, the green replied splashing again yet not so much this time. Rysenth looked at her reflection in the water, her eyes changing from blue to green and back to blue again.

"Would you mind if we went in now?" Yui asked her dragon after a while. The dejected look the green gave her pulled at her heart deeply. Yui didn't want to break her dragon's little heart over leaving the lake but she knew she would not be well should they stay much longer. If we can come back tomorrow, the green bartered. Yui chuckled, Of course, Rysenth, we do need to clean you tomorrow as well anyway. Now let's go back to our warm weyr and I'll oil your hide till you shine like a green star. I'd like that, rider mine... Yui, I love you. And I you, Rysenth, till the end of our life time and beyond, the green rider replied resetting her goggles onto the top of her head so she could whip away a tear.

The duo walked the short distance to their weyr which was near the other greens and the queen of the clutch. When Ellery impressed the queen, Lylith, Yui had felt a bit disapointed, but not very long. She hadn't really exspected to impress the gold dragonet but still, she was sure that those who had not impressed by that time were a bit saddened by the fact that they had not impressed to the queen. But now if you asked anybody, even Yui, you would get the same reply. "I'm happier with my dragon than I would have been with anyone else." You did not really want that gold did you? Rysenth asked looking over her shoulder at her rider.

"Maybe for a moment, but remember you were unsure of who you wanted when you hatched," Yui reminded her dragon. True, my rider, but that was because I wasn't sure if it was you I was looking at. I knew you were there but I wasn't sure if that was your face, or if you were male or female. "I've always been told it's easy to tell that I'm a girl!" Yui told the green and bit frustrated by the fact that everyone took up that confusion upon first seeing her, and even sometimes at later meetings. I don't think that of you now. I know well you are a female. I look at you and I say you are female, you no longer look male as you did when we were joined on the sands. You look very beautiful to me. the greened cooed in an apoligenic voice. Kymon landed on Yui's shoulder and chittered in agreement with the fair sized hatchling. Yui smiled giving each a loving rub on their eye ridges.

"With friends like you, I don't think I'll ever feel lonely or confused again. My past is the two of you and Reca back in Crom. Nothing shall ever change that," she smiled. Unless you start remembering your past, rider mine. For a moment Yui stop as she was picking up the dragon oil, and again wondered if she'd ever remember that past which she knew not. Shaking her head she walked over to her green and started to slather on the green.