Author: ueoai

Chap 27  Meeting an Artist K’ndar, on transport duty, (Hariko had asked for him again), was surprised by the number of people at the Singing Waters Marketplace. It was crowded, with smells of roasting meat and freshly baked bread filling the air, the sounds of livestock on the edges, and conversations everywhere.  Children ran about,…

Chap. 26  Quiz Day B’rant, the Weyrlingmaster, was finishing his preparations for the day’s class. He frowned. The large slate chalkboard on the wall behind him was still full of his notes from the last seminar. SOMEONE had neglected to clean it. He dragged the Weyrling task schedule from the corner in his mind. F’mart.…

Chap.  25 The Mountains’ Revenge Who to talk to? Should he even do so? Wouldn’t it be admitting that maybe, just maybe, he’s NOT a dragon rider? Yeah, there’s Raventh. He’s such a wonderful beast. Smart, quick witted, always curious, always striving to learn new words, new concepts. And he has the most incredible self…

Chap. 24  The Booklover “Hello, the weyr! K’ndar, are you home?” K’ndar looked up from his slate tablet at the call. Someone is here calling for you Raventh said. He stepped out of his weyr. The weyr’s harper, Randel, stood outside. “Come in, won’t you? It’s trying to rain,” K’ndar said. “I’m sorry, but this…

Chap. 23 The Volunteer It was a perfect day for a rest day. The morning was still fresh and cool. The Weyrlings, after caring for their dragons, were outside the dining hall, discussing what they planned on doing. Swimming, sleeping, hobbies, hunting, spoiling their dragons rotten…they, like everyone else, made the most of a rest…

Chap 22 The Rising Green K’ndar felt Raventh’s restlessness the moment he awoke. The dragon’s head snaked back and forth, as if an insect was annoying him. The brown shuffled out of their weyr and plopped down on the sand, looking out to sea. But he saw it not. What’s wrong? Are you okay? he…

Later on, both K’ndar and C’val would remember how prophetic the evaluation would be. “Why,” K’ndar asked C’val, his mentor, “do we have to put up with Jenmay? I don’t think I’ve ever met a person so angry, so resentful. She’s worse than my father ever was. She treats us as if we were to…

Chap. 19 Seeing Stars K’ndar knew that some of his classmates didn’t care for it…the tedium just got to them. Merely going up and down on updrafts within the confines of the Bowl was boring. But he found that he enjoyed ‘elevator duty’. Any excuse to be found for being aboard Raventh and flying was…

Chap. 18 Mind doin’ a favor, mate? K’ndar rested on the beach, after his first ‘swimming’ lesson from the dolphins. He was amazed at how much it had taken out of him, but then, anxiety and fear were draining. “K’ndar!” he heard behind him. It was Lindea, his friend, who’d been Searched but declined to…

Chap  17 Swimming with the dolphins Raventh was fascinated by dolphins. He’d seen them in the distance, their shining forms flying through the air in leaps. But he’d never met one. Until now. I’m going fishing Raventh said, and galloped into the sea. Once his feet left the seafloor, he swam powerfully out to a…