She didn't mind the reminder. While she could guess at what to watch for, Kernan actually knew from experience. It was one of the reasons she's wanted to go out with him on this ride. She knew she still had a lot to learn and she wanted to learn from the ones with the dragons that seemed the happiest. Check of the straps, and skin underneath finished, she straightened in her saddle. A beach... and sea water... Mountain grown herself she thought that sounded wonderful.

She also noticed he didn't offer or answer more. It was all right. She already felt as if she'd pried more than was polite. Her own 'too' seemed awkward but... if she never asked, who knew if she might miss someone right under her nose and Kernan had flown further and seen more than most...

"There was a boy - . He left my hometown before I did. He was going to be a dragonrider." And more but that was her own. Wistful for a moment, letting herself be wistful for a moment because Kernan - it seemed all right to be that way for just a moment around him without risking teasing. "I've never found him."