Author: ueoai

Chap. 142 The Wanderer Chap. 142 The Wanderer The day was beautiful. They had the meadow to themselves. Lizard was especially at ease because of the solitude. “So, K’ndar, what do you have planned for these pretty rocks?” “They’ve been bothering me. I like them because they’re beautiful, but I’m so …so paranoid that someone…

Chap. 141  Arson “By the egg, K’ndar, these are gorgeous,” Lizard said, hefting two of the rough opals. His caravan was parked in a small meadow ten kilometers from the weyr. His horses, unharnessed, were taking advantage of the thigh high grass.  Raventh landed a good ways from them, not wanting to spook them. The…

Chap. 140 Two Geologists He’d been so busy, the last several months, that he’d forgotten what a rest day was. After breakfast, he wondered what to do with himself. His notebooks were all caught up, tomorrow he’d go to Landing to turn them in. But for now? He exited the dining hall to see Greta…

Chap. 139  The Apology K’ndar was relaxing by the fire in the center of the pavilion. D’nis had had it built after the hurricane. From his spot, he could see the night sky, the stars on the horizon clear and bright. Far out to sea, he could see torchlights on a fishing ship. The flames…

Chap. 138  The Klah Collectors After a few  ‘betweens‘ and flying at a reasonable altitude, Billek the healer had given K’ndar permission to fly. “Now don’t be too bold, K’ndar…if your nose begins to bleed, it means you’re not ready to fly yet,” he’d said, “and I want you to avoid dusty work, if you…

Chap. 137 Confined to quarters I never realized how boring it can be when no one is here, he thought. He was amazed at how empty the weyr seemed. Not that it was totally unpeopled. The operations of everyday life remained: the cooks were still at work, livestock still needed feeding and mucking out, small…

Chap. 135  The “Fight” He felt strange, almost resentful, although common sense told him he had no right to that feeling. Everyone pitched in for harvest, no matter what they did in regular life. While it was accepted that the very old, the very young and the disabled were not expected to work, most of…

Chap. 134 The Paladen and the Mystery Animal Glyena ran her hands over the enormous skull of the paladen. “It’s so big,” she said, “and I’m used to queen dragons, I thought they were the biggest animals on Pern,” she said. The research division tech smiled. “Not even close, Glyena. Oh, gold dragons are the…

Chap. 133  Who was that man? “Aye, I recollect that man. ‘E weren’t nothin’ but super cargo,” the captain of the Stella Maris said. The Station Master of Observatory 1, (now called that as development of the second telescope site had begun) looked hard at the scruffy seaman in front of him. He had the…

Chap. 131  Turn In “Good to see you, K’ndar,” Raylan said. “And you, Raylan. I didn’t think the survey of Western would take so long, but..it did. I’ve brought you a number of specimen bags. I need some more time to transcribe my field notes, though,” he said. “We’re still processing Greta’s samples, but D’mitran…