In Front of the Dorms - Sunday Afternoon

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A month here, and Menolly still wasn't completely used to the idea of no Thread at all.  Going outside without checking for the flag or watching the clouds still seemed completely foreign. 

Today though, she wasn't thinking about that at all as she watched her fire lizards play in the snow outside the dorms.  The sun was shining and the snow blanketed the grass smoothly until Rocky had pushed Diver into the thick white stuff.  There was a squeak of alarm and then all nine brightly-colored creatures were tumbling through it, burrowing to make little caves and erupting again through the powder.

Menolly was laughing as she stood to the side, but it was only a matter of time before she joined in.

[OOC:  Open!  I am bored and have no snow.  :(  ]

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"People can't do it at home. Unless they're riding dragons," she said. "It's - freaking terrifying pretty scary the first time."

Beauty chirped a greeting in response to Dinah's smile, and Menolly chuckled. "This is Beauty. She's the queen of the bunch. And I think I've seen horses on television-" the word came carefully but easily off the Harper-trained tongue "-people ride in them, right?"

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Dinah looked at the little dragon on Menolly's shoulder, and said, "She's going to get big enough to ride?" She blinked, then said, "She's gorgeous. Hello, Beauty." She grinned at the chirp. "Oh, wow, she's definitely smart... and wait. Ride in horses? Nooo, not so much," she said hesitantly. "Animals, with four legs? Hooves, about so tall?"

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"No, no, no," Menolly said quickly. "I'm sorry. These are fire lizards. They're - um, the cousins of dragons? The oldest stories say that dragons were bred from them. They're not going to get much bigger than this."

"Ohhhhh," Menolly took a moment. "Those sound like runner beasts. What are the metal things that have wheels and race?"

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"Ohh, like cats and tigers. Related but not the same. Gotcha." Dinah grinned, relieved. "The metal thing is a car. Or an automobile, but it's the same thing, just a different word for it. A couple people have cars parked out next to the Causeway, since the streets here aren't wide enough for them."