Author: ueoai

Chap. 101 The Dolphin Bell K’ndar, B’rost and Lindea were sitting on the new dock, rebuilt after the hurricane. D’nis, Weyrleader at the time, had had a dolphin bell installed. “Isn’t this bell supposed to be used only in emergencies?” B’rost asked, a bit hesitant. “Um, I don’t know. We don’t have a dolphineer here…

Chap. 100 The rusted tang B’rost resisted leaving. He was still poking around the enormous skeleton. “Look, K’ndar, even with it missing the skull, this thing must be 10 meters long!” “Come on, B’rost, even Rath is getting nervous. Do you want to get stuck in a squall?” “Just a few more minutes, K’ndar…or you…

Chap. 99 The Coastline Outpost This time, K’ndar brought plenty of collecting bags and jars. They landed right at the spot he’d built the cairns. The wind hadn’t dropped much, he noted. It would be a miserable place to live, if the wind blew all the time. However, he did note that the surf had…

Chap. 97.1  The Reluctant Teacher “I really like this firepit structure, D’nis,” M’rvin, the Weyrleader said. “It serves a lot of purposes.” He was sitting with his feet up on a footstool. Siena, his weyrmate, was next to him. The weyrfolk were sitting in a large circle around a large firepit. The fire crackled and…

Chap. 97  The mystery item B’rost was eating breakfast when K’ndar spied him, alone, in the dining hall. He got a plateful of breakfast and sat down next to him. “What’s on your agenda for today? It’s a rest day.” B’rost had the rusted ‘thing’ on the table. He’d been obsessing about it since finding…

Chap. 95 Shark bite Careth, Rath and Corvuth were ‘parked’ at Landing when K’ndar arrived. He was grateful that Salish, the dragonhealer, had treated Raventh so quickly. He wanted to see what B’rost had found, and perhaps learn more about the creature that attacked his dragon. The three others were surprised to see him when…

Chap. 94  The trouble with fire lizards “In a way, I wish you’d not smeared numbweed on this wound,” Salish, the dragonhealer muttered, as she dressed the wound on Raventh’s tail. “It will make it a lot more difficult to tease out the DNA. But-we know that Raventh’s a dragon, and numbweed’s a plant, so…

Chap. 93  The Sea Creature At last. Not that he’d disliked it, but D’nis felt he’d accomplished something-no, THEY’D all accomplished something that hadn’t been done before. They’d gone from one end of the continent to the other, conducting a scientific survey. It may just have been a straight line, preliminary investigation, but it had…

Chap. 92 The Water Hole “I can see the ocean!” B’rost called, excited. From their viewpoint in the sky, they could see the fog wreathed coast. This, then, was almost the end of their survey of the Southern continent. “Not quite yet, lads,” D’nis called, “We must maintain discipline in the survey. We’ll drop down…

Chap.91  The Chase They’d been working their way steadily south, surveying the steppe. K’ndar had asked to visit the site they’d been chased from by the locusts before they continued on. “I don’t know, K’ndar, seems to me the steppe would rather not we be there,” D’nis said. “Just a brief stop, sir, to see…