Author: ueoai

Chap.282 The Geologists “I have to get one of those slickers,” B’rost said, “I don’t mind getting wet but still, I thought we’d have until almost midnight before this came in.” They were walking to the dining hall. The rain had come in, far earlier than Risal’s apprentice had predicted. “The slicker is nice and…

Chap. 281 The Screamer Maybe I should have just told this L’ichen the coordinates to Landing and left it for him to find it himself. He’s taking an awfully long time collecting a handful of notebooks. He was waiting for the botanist to return to the Weyr’s dragon meadow. Many of the dragonriding guests had…

Chap. 280 The Botanist Here. This looks like a good spot. Land, please? Raventh set his wings and spiraled downward to land gently onto the steppe. He dismounted. The grass was dry, even this early in the day. That meant rain was coming, he remembered. Manylegs webs, festooned on the grass as far as the…

Chap. 279 Senseless Traditions Had it been just six months since he’d left the Weyr? Already there are faces in the crowd I have never seen before, he thought. Oh, there’s my sister with her foster family. She doesn’t see me, I’ll get with her afterwards. There’s F’mart, and Siena. Look at Siena, she looks…

Chap. 278 Leadership worries His datalink beeped with the morning’s news. He had it next to his breakfast tray in the dining hall. He’d finally forced himself into the habit of actually reading it. Mostly because of Francie and Jansen and Raylan and Grafton all riding my arse, he thought. How did they do that?…

Chap. 277 Air Show “Good morning, Raylan!” he said, passing the Science Division Chief. “And to you, too, K’ndar. What’s on your slate this morning?” “I was thinking I’d just work in my office this morning. I’ve been putting off finishing copying my field notes to turn into Elene. Unless, of course, you have something…

Chap. 276 Pandora’s Box “Should we open them?” K’ndar asked. “Um, probably not a good idea, mate,” Orlon said, “I’ve not had much experience with finding artifacts, but that’s what these are. Let’s clean up this mess, first, then brush them off and see what those markings are.” “But..” “K’ndar. You’re going to have to…

Chap. 275 Dust Bath K’ndar heard hoof beats. Of course, he went outside to see. Orlon, Landing’s chief mechanic, pulled up. On the back of his horse drawn cart was a long tripod ladder atop a collection of tools, ropes, etc. “Hello, K’ndar! I’ve got a ticket here, to see about ‘high shelves”? “Hello, Orlon!…

Chap. 274 The Teeko Lizard K’ndar. The teeko lizards are here. “Teeko”? Teeko lizards? The ones that hid in your pack from the rain forest. Remember, they were singing ‘teeko’ here in my bay. OH. Teeko! That’s a good name. Is Siskin with you? No, he’s with Motanith’s fire lizards, they are hunting the dragon…

Chap. 273 Breaking with Tradition He’d enjoyed D’mitran’s visit. D’nis’s cavern home had brought a wave of poignant nostalgia. Most of all, he had this heady feeling of what, he had no name,for, but it felt like..acceptance. He watched Careth, with D’mitran and Lord Dorn aboard, soar into the sky. The brown dragon circled to…