Admittedly Tuigalen was an experienced dragon rider, that was for sure, but he had no experience with this type of flying. He'd volunteered for it because it was so dangerous, and therefore seemed far more exciting than any of the other possible assignments that he could have gotten.<br/><br/>On the day that they had overlooked each of the possible assignments given to newly promoted majors this looked like the best, and they only took the best and brightest for it. Emotional problems, however? He had no real experience when it came to dealing with that kind of thing at all.<br/><br/>"They put you on this assignment because you are a black dragon and therefore they assumed that you could stand up to anything no matter how fierce. That being said, you're not signing up for life - I never said that you were. I said you had an agreed upon contract and once you're done, you'll be moved to reserves and then out...if you want. As for me, I'm a career officer and one day I'd like to be a Dragon Colonel."<br/><br/>He spoke the title as though it were some great prize to be awarded. Soon enough, though, his attention had become distracted from everything else because he was...being nuzzled? Well, that was certainly a surprise.<br/><br/>Smiling once more he looked down toward the dragon and sighed, "Now what was that about wanting to be assigned to a different reptile? I'm not going to miss this for the world. Come on, though. Remember how we were talking about your transformation? We'll need you to have something to be fit with for when you're in elf form. You have to be dressed as an appropriate officer."<br/><br/>He turned his head up slowly and started to smile. The Major figured that if nothing else would raise her spirits then being given a uniform and being treated like anyone else would show her that she was truly worth something.