Author: ueoai

Chap. 206 Philosophizing As they climbed for altitude prior to going between, K’ndar realized he’d never flown this close to a gold dragon. Accustomed to the whuhwhuhwhuh of Raventh’s beating wings as he searched for a thermal, K’ndar heard a deeper, baser note, almost a soft ‘boom’ from Mirth’s enormous wings. Even with a couple…

Chap. 205 Unusual partner “Hello, the weyr, K’ndar, are you home?” Glyena, his sister’s voice echoed in the interior tunnel. “Come on in, sis!” Entering his weyr, she passed him at his desk and made her way to Raventh’s couch. Siskin, perched atop the brown dragon, chirped a welcome. “Good day, Raventh, and you, Siskin,”…

Chap. 204 Ruminating You are keeping me awake with your thoughts. They are like rain in the wind, all over, everywhere falling, Raventh said, petulantly. Sorry. I can’t sleep, K’ndar said, sheepishly. I want to. You are making noises in my head. Even Siskin is unhappy. Go talk to the big human who works at…

Chap.203 The Offer “That rain cooled everything down nicely,” Fland said. He, Sandriss and K’ndar had ridden back to the burnt out wagon to retrieve the metal parts and the branding iron. “This axle-it’s well made. I don’t know if it can be used for a wagon again, but the metal, surely, can be melted…

Chap. 202 Smoke screen “Is Raventh up to going out towards the burn? I’d like to see where it started. I’d like to know HOW it started, we had no lightning whatsoever,” Mardriss said. How do you feel? Want to take me and my brother out to the burn? I’m fine, Raventh said, the bath…

Chap. 201 Firefight Something is burning Raventh said. What? At that moment their fire lizards appeared, swirling over their heads and screeching in dismay. K’ndar, Lizard and Sandriss all saw their images of an oncoming wall of flame. “Fire?” “My word, look at the smoke! The steppe is burning!” They all froze, instinctively checking the…

Chap. 200 Homestead changes “Now you be careful with that pie, Glyena, my dear,” Hariko, the weyr’s headwoman said, “and tell your mum I wish I could come and witness, but…” K’ndar’s sister gingerly cradled the basket containing a pie. It would have to be carried-it was too large and unwieldy to fit in one…

Chap. 199 The Explorer’s Journal Siskin chirped in joyous recognition. Three fire lizards, two greens and a bronze, all bearing collars with Landing’s insignia on it, popped out of between over his head. Raventh was bathing in the dragon lake, along with several other dragons. Francie’s fire lizards! “Hello, Coora! Sisi, Keeso! Where’s your mum?”…

Chap. 198 Worried “They probably won’t even remember me,” Harve said, dejectedly. The small pile of possessions the boy had accumulated was ready to be loaded onto Raventh. From nothing, not even a cloth to hide his nakedness, the residents of Landing and Kahrain Steppe Weyrfolk had all pitched in to provide Harve everything he’d…

Chap. 197 Decision I wonder if I looked like that K’ndar said to Raventh. Like what? Like I was about to pass out from fear. Afraid of an egg? Raventh snickered. You laugh…you were all nice and comfy in your egg. I was barefoot on those hot sands and was afraid I wouldn’t impress. Sitting…