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Chap. 338 The Lost Weyrling Any pain? No, Raventh responded, glorying in his flight, None at all. I have missed flying. Want to fly home to Landing? Or go between? The woof of his wings over head sounded normal. He could feel Raventh’s shoulders working beneath him. I want to fly to Landing. Then let‘s.…

Chap. 337 The Dragonhealer Raventh lay flat out, his neck stretched forward to allow K’ndar to flush his eyes. K’ndar poured several buckets of water from the dragon trough, watching the nictitating membranes flick over Raventh’s eyes. That’s better. I can see now. He heaved a sigh of relief. He was dying to jump into…

Chap. 336 Conquering the Wind After a fitful night’s sleep-this time in the visitors weyr-he’d awakened far earlier than Igen’s dawn. I just hate the time zone changes, he reflected. But he’d had the communal shower to himself the night before, allowing him to wash off the desert sand. He’d stepped outside the weyr to…

Chap. 335 Labyrinth After Rondair left him in the Main Hall, K’ndar returned to studying the tapestries. Most of them had the names of the artists and the date, carved into the relatively soft sandstone. Some were hundreds, if not thousands of years old. This was a form of history before we had books, he…

Chap. 334 The Colors of Igen Weyr “Well, K’ndar, what about you? How shall you keep busy here at Igen Weyr? I would love to give you a tour, but I’m sorry, I must leave you at the Main Hall,” Tomas said, leaving the shade of a young tree. “Don’t miss the tapestries! We have…

Chap. 333 The Clumsy Weyrling The heat slammed him with the solidity of a wooden door. The shock of change from the icy cold of between to an inferno sent his mind into a vortex. “Whoa!” he shouted, surprised. Even the air itself felt hard to breathe. Yes, but it is easy flying here,Raventh said,…

Chap. 332 The Jump The crowd had dispersed, most to the dining hall. “Amazing. The trial was supposed to last most of the day, but still this meal is ready, even on such short notice! This roast beast is terrific,” D’mitran observed. K’ndar nodded. “Credit Grafton, our headman, with that,” he said, feeling odd that…

Chap. 331 The Abbreviated Trial His datalink called. Should I answer it, he wondered? Technically, I am still on sabbatical, but it’s true, I’ve spent most of it right here at Landing, reading, writing up journals, and riding Francie’s magnificent horse, Donal, he thought. I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed just having time to…

Chap. 330 The Susi “This is nice,” he thought, as he entered the newly opened Library. There was a growing collection of books on freshly built shelves. A long table carried maps, another had blueprints of Landings buildings. On a sales table were neatly piled notebooks, along with sketching pads, pencils and colored pencils. In…

Chap. 329 The Incubator It felt odd, being back in his quarters when everyone thought he was gone. He fired up his datalink, and immediately a note appeared on the screen that said that his quarters had a repair ticket out. Yes. Raventh’s bay door was sticking again. As he read it, his quarters door…