Post by stardancer on Jun 24, 2012 20:41:34 GMT -5
Helian was helping to stir some klah as he kept a eye on the bubbling brew. He smiled as it was almost done and then heard a quick hello from a few riders as they came through the kitchens grabbing food. It was a common thing to see Helian in the kitchens because he'd grown up helping his mother and had kept it up after her death. When his other chores around the weyr we're done then he'd come down here to help the drudges and lower caverns women. The diversion was welcome because when left alone he'd often find his mind drifting to the different times that he'd failed to impress. While the klah finished up there was vegetables to chop as he took some potatoes and started to cut them. A few minutes later he went taking a spoon then checked the klah as he motioned for another woman to help them. The two of them used two pieces of cloth to lift the massive metal handles and sit the pot on a cooling area nearby.
It made him smile that he was one of only a few candidates who had ever learned to make klah. He knew that it was a rare thing to see a young man that enjoyed cooking like he did and thought that if he had to this was a way to live. Helian wanted to impress more then anything else however he was if anything practical and he needed a skill to fall back on. Helian wanted to enjoy the fruit of his labor and using a ladle he took some klah out then poured it into a cup. While he blew on it then went over to a chair to drink it down and tasted it. The taste was good and pleased Helian as he watched others prepare the evening meal.
Helian enjoyed his work in the lower caverns and it was a good place to get away from the day to day grind. He was the only candidate left in the Selentias barracks as all others had impressed and he needed a distraction. The same old lessons didn't have the same punch that they used to have as he'd heard them many times before. His father D'sln was out on patrol and that left him to his own to entertain himself. The old brown rider would check on him later today then go back to his own weyr. Helian knew that he'd disappointed his father after he'd failed to impress and knew that there was shame when he looked upon him.
"Helian" said a old woman as she waved a hand in front of his face and he realized that it was one of his mother's old friends. "Sorry," said Helian as he sat the klah down then went over to wash a few plates. "You need to keep your mind on your work," said the old woman as she went back to her duties and left Helian to clean dishes. He sighed then kept cleaning as the temperature continued to rise from all the delicious dishes that we're being prepared. The night's meal would be good as Helian was starving for something good to eat.
It made him smile that he was one of only a few candidates who had ever learned to make klah. He knew that it was a rare thing to see a young man that enjoyed cooking like he did and thought that if he had to this was a way to live. Helian wanted to impress more then anything else however he was if anything practical and he needed a skill to fall back on. Helian wanted to enjoy the fruit of his labor and using a ladle he took some klah out then poured it into a cup. While he blew on it then went over to a chair to drink it down and tasted it. The taste was good and pleased Helian as he watched others prepare the evening meal.
Helian enjoyed his work in the lower caverns and it was a good place to get away from the day to day grind. He was the only candidate left in the Selentias barracks as all others had impressed and he needed a distraction. The same old lessons didn't have the same punch that they used to have as he'd heard them many times before. His father D'sln was out on patrol and that left him to his own to entertain himself. The old brown rider would check on him later today then go back to his own weyr. Helian knew that he'd disappointed his father after he'd failed to impress and knew that there was shame when he looked upon him.
"Helian" said a old woman as she waved a hand in front of his face and he realized that it was one of his mother's old friends. "Sorry," said Helian as he sat the klah down then went over to wash a few plates. "You need to keep your mind on your work," said the old woman as she went back to her duties and left Helian to clean dishes. He sighed then kept cleaning as the temperature continued to rise from all the delicious dishes that we're being prepared. The night's meal would be good as Helian was starving for something good to eat.