Author: ueoai

Chap. 80 The price war The Weyr was busy today. Most of the wings were out on Search. Mirth, the Weyrwoman’s gold dragon, had laid an unusually large clutch, of which everyone was proud and reassured. Some said that there were at least three queen eggs. But the pool of eligible candidates seemed to have…

Chap. 79  The treasure Trove K’ndar looked at what he considered treasure. Raylan had a box with ‘two copies’ of virtually every artifact collection K’ndar had found. Two molecular cameras, two solar panels, two folding “microbinos’, virtually all the toyes were there. Raylan grinned. “We’re still working on copying the notebooks. The disks will take…

Chap. 78  Here there be Lions K’ndar was relieved that the final part of the trial was over. He hadn’t been involved, not directly, but Sandriss had told him how it had gone, as well as Lizard’s account. It was nice, he reflected, to get together with the two of them. Lizard’s two fire lizards,…

Chap. 77 The Trial Chap. 77  The Trial Lord Dorn reflected that, sometimes, Aivas’s insistence that the Charter be followed in cases of law was more of a nuisance than a benefit.  “I wonder if I shouldn’t just do what our grandparents did, just behead the true criminals and banish the troublemakers. Not a soul…

Chap. 76  Cellmates 25 Aug The four inmates were laying on their bunks when the Master at Arms entered. The guard, asleep as usual, jumped up, garbling his apology. “Ach, you dumb lout, sleeping again?” The guard smiled. “I know, can’t hear a thing. No matter, long as you keep this lot in hand.” The…

Chap. 75  Contracting the artifacts The three dragon riders were just as shocked at the unexpected ‘end’ of Jason Harmon, but they didn’t leave. The capsule, after all, was K’ndars. After several moments of reflection, Raylan said, “Well.” Shawn came back in, with a large box. “Alright then, we’ll just pick these things up and…

Chap. 74 Opening the capsule Chap. 74  Opening the capsule D’nis, D’mitran and K’ndar were in an inner lab of Landing. The artifact K’ndar had found lay on a table in front of what seemed to be the entire staff of Landing. People crowded in behind them. Everyone was excited to learn what was in…

Chap. 73  Lions “Not that I want to stop exploring, ” D’nis said,”but we DO have duties and responsibilities at the weyr.” It was their last day on the steppe. K’ndar didn’t want to stop. He’d been making copious notes of every benchmark, every animal and their activities,  every topographical feature, few as they were,…

Chap. 72  K’ndar’s Find They’d been out on the steppe for four days. This was much further than K’ndar had ever been. The further south into the steppe they’d flown, the wilder it got. While D’mitran and D’nis took readings and set benchmarks, K’ndar could only look and look, at the vast open wilderness rolling…

Chap. 71 Homecoming It felt so strange to be ‘home’, K’ndar reflected. He felt out of place. Having spent the last two years in the weyr, he’d not thought that things would change at the  cothold. He felt an odd feeling of separation. Parts of the ranch had not changed: the barns, the small cottage…