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An angry hiss and a spark of fire met Aether's teasing statement as his sister finished securing her armor and grabbing the standard spear for the guards. He couldn't help the creeping grin along his muzzle as she muttered under her breath about one thing or another. His best guess was about how annoying himself and the lofty prince were. 

He was about to excuse himself to get back to his own work, he had a number of scrolls that he needed to transcribe for Finch before the day was out, but both himself and Solstice could hear the familiar clicking talons on the stone outside the barracks. It wasn't that he disliked Prince Maroon, he rather liked the crimson dragon actually, it was just that he was absolutely terrified of saying something wrong in the royals presence. 

[color=f7941d][b]"Good morning your highness,"[/b][/color] he greeted him quickly in return though he figured that Maroon didn't particularly care if he responded or not. He knew the prince only had eyes for his sister, which was both incredibly amusing and somewhat terrifying. What about Solstice had every caught Maroon's eye was unknown to him, maybe that was because she was his sister or maybe the prince was just crazy. Maybe both, probably both. He did have to clamp his jaw firmly shut so that he didn't laugh as he watched the distaste on Solstice's face.

Dark brown eyes rolled hard at the greeting from Maroon and Aether was glad that he was able to easily read Solstice's expressions underneath the heated disinterest. The endearment wasn't lost on either of them and it was likely only the fact that Maroon was royalty that he didn't get cuffed upside the head or whacked with a spear. 

[b]"Morning, your highness,"[/b] Solstice's voice was surprisingly cool despite the fact it looked like she wanted to blow smoke from her nostrils, [b]"I slept fine thank you."[/b] Her eyes flickered to Aether for a moment before they returned to the prince, [b]"I was just about to start my rounds. Apparently the SandWings had a security breach in one of the their little battle pits,"[/b] Word travelled quickly through the guards, [b]"Some rogue hybrids on the loose and last seen heading this way."[/b]

That was the first Aether had heard of this and his head perked up in curiosity, [color=f7941d][b]"Pit fighters? That sounds exciting."[/b][/color] His tail waved across the ground. He wondered if they were scarred and vicious, coming to the SkyWing Kingdom with hopes of refuge. Maybe lulling them into a false sense of security so they could strike and take over from Queen Emerald. That would be very exciting and he might be able to put his newly acquired medical training to use.

Solstice rolled her eyes again, [b]"Sure, but we don't know anything about them other than they were able to take out a large number of well trained SandWing guards. The last thing we need is for them to come around here."[/b] Her gaze returned to Maroon and she dipped her long neck to him, [b]"If you'll excuse me your highness,"[/b] her voice was polite as she slipped past the two males and out of the barracks.