Author: ueoai

Chap. 328 1 The Eggs Keep an eye out for the beast. I hope she returns. She is watching from the steppe. She is crouching, I can just see her head above the grass. She blends in with the grass. He took several pictures of the nest and the remains of the kills. Having learned…

Chap. 327 The Kopje Cave He had no name for it, but K’ndar was on vacation. Pern’s culture had a ‘rest day’ every week, but if one had livestock, or worked a ship, or fought thread, if one was on duty, or at sea, it mattered not that ‘today’ was a rest day. Animals still…

Chap. 326 Sabbatical Author’s note: K’ndar is taking a two week sabbatical. Nothing to worry about, he’ll be back at the end of the month.

Chap. 324 Letting it go He’d found the rusted bar of metal in the barn. Why it hadn’t been recycled yet, he didn’t know. Then he’d taken it back to his quarters. The value of the knife hung over him. A Hold? It was worth that much? But what would I do with it, even…

Chap. 324 The Knife He could see a cloud of dust behind the cavern barn, so he knew someone was riding. It was his sister, at the moment aboard a handsome chestnut pony. The dust the pony had kicked up settled. Everything about the pony said he was determined to keep from doing what Glyena…

Chap. 323 Fresh Scones “Hello, the weyr! Hello, K’ndar here!” he called outside Shirae’s cavern door. Funny, how Landing and the rest of Pern seem to be on different planets. At Landing I touch a panel, say my name and the door whisks open. Here, Shirae and her weyrmate finally built a real door, after…

Chap. 322 Courier duty His first ‘tasking’ was a return to Kahrain Weyr. He was carrying a load of books, a datalink, medical supplies, and a pouch of ‘some importance’ to give to the Weyrleader. He’d been told to wait for a response, which could take anywhere from fifteen minutes to several hours. In the…

Chap. 321 The Dinner at Singing Waters K’ndar felt extremely out of place. Having grown up a subject of Lord Dorn’s Hold, he had always considered himself nothing more than a cotholder’s kid. The possibility of dining with the Lord Holder had never crossed his mind, never mind being treated as an equal. True, he’d…

Chap. 320 The Money Problem “Thank you for the slippers,” K’ndar said. “You’re welcome,” Raylan said. “We’ve had them in a crate ever since I broke my ankle jumping off Motanith. They might be a little big-I have big feet.” “I don’t care, sir, at least they’re not pink,” he said, happy that they were…

Chap. 319 Off His Feet “Well, K’ndar, I must admit that when it comes to making blisters, you’re a champion,” Marl, Landing’s healer said. “You should never walk in soaking wet boots. You can quickly develop some nasty conditions, blisters being the mildest.” “It couldn’t be helped, sir. Duty called.” “I know very well how…