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Chap. 302 The Rogue on the Beach “Come in, come in!” K’ndar said. D’mitran entered. “I’m lucky your quarters are right here by the dragon meadow,” the brown dragon rider said. “Otherwise, I’d still be blundering about. I’m an engineer, you’d think this grid layout would be easy for me to fathom. But it doesn’t.”…

Chap. 301 The Clearings They landed on the northern shore of the big lake. “This side is all Lord Toric’s land,” D’mitran said, looking at his data link. They could see fishing boats on the lake. Small cotholds dotted the northern shore. K’ndar scanned the southern shore with his binoculars. “I don’t see any sign…

Chap. 300 Dreadful Marsh They’d resumed the survey where they’d left off, that being at the northern edge of the marshland called Dreadful Marsh. B’rost, flying point, swooped down to more closely examine a small clearing in the marsh sedge. It was roughly circular, with a sluggish stream bisecting it. The sedges surrounded it, creating…

Chap. 299 Multitasker There. How does that feel? Are you pinching anywhere? Raventh unfurled his wings and stretched like a big cat. The harness hardware shone in the afternoon sun. It feels good. No pinching. “Good. He says he doesn’t feel any pinching.” She’d accompanied him into the harness shop. He remembered spending time in…

Chap. 298 Jordan They were about to launch when his datalink went off. “No, damn it, it’s a rest day, and I need to make a new harness,” he griped. He had to drag his pack off his back to dig the thing out. It wasn’t easy as he was already strapped in, ready to…

Chap. 297 Figuring out the future Raventh plunged his head into the dragon trough and drank deeply. Siskin, his hind legs hooked into the collar just behind Raventh’s’ head, reached over to drink until the water level dropped below his reach. When I see their heads side by side, I’m astonished at the difference in…

Chap. 296 Big Lagoon, Little Kids Rather than waiting for the team to assemble at Landing, K’ndar had told the team to all meet at Big Lagoon. “You want to be there first,” D’nis said from Corvuth’s back, as K’ndar was harnessing Raventh, “It doesn’t look good for the team leader to be the last…

Chap. 295 Out with the Old Technology “The problem with having as big as Hold as Lord Toric’s,” D’mitran said, “is managing it. It’s virtually impossible to know everything that’s going on in it.” “Even with all his sons? They have runners, and drums.” “I imagine his sons are more concerned with who’s going to…

Chap. 294 First Survey Day “This is why we train, K’ndar”. D’mitran, B’rost and Risal were nursing ales (in K’ndar’s case, a mug of klah) around the fire pit in Mt. Garben’s sides. D’nis, who lived in the caverns instead of in a building, nodded in understanding. “I told Raylan I wasn’t cut out for…

Chap. 293 The Eureka Moment He hadn’t been back to work for more than fifteen minutes when his datalink buzzed. “K’ndar here, who calls?” “Miklos, Microbiology.” He was astonished. Miklos, actually SPEAKING? To me? “Yesss?” he said in a highly doubtful voice. “You’re the dragonrider who found the carriers of the virus?” “Um, yes, I…