5/13/2023 0 Comments Temeraire league of dragonsIt's a very sweet scene that kickstarts Laurence and Emily's not-quite father-and-daughter-esque relationship. When she doesn't believe him, he gives her liberty to tell that story to her own cadets when she becomes captain. Laurence takes her inside and comforts her with a cup of hot cocoa, relating that when he ran away and joined the Navy at twelve, he cried himself to sleep every night for his entire first week at sea. When Jane Roland has to leave with Excidium in anticipation of an action from Napoleon, Laurence finds his cadet and Roland's daughter, little ten-year-old Emily, at the edge of the covert, crying out of fear for what might happen to her mother.Of course, then Temeraire gets his Moment of Awesome and all bets are off. When Laurence and Temeraire go to what they think will be their deaths, for duty and to try and save their friends.Laurence: "No, sir, unless by gentleman you mean a man of honour rather than breeding." Lenton, about Hollin: "Not a gentleman, I suppose?"
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