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Chap. 272 Uncertain Future He waved open the door. “Sir? K’ndar? You have a guest, sir,” said the young girl. Behind the guide was D’mitran. “Wow! D’mitran!! Hello, come on in! Thank you, lassie,” he said. “You’re welcome, sir.” She trotted off. D’mitran came in. Siskin warbled a hello. He’d always liked D’mitran. Careth is…

Chap. 271 Grafton’s Advice “Hello the weyr? Grafton, sir? K’ndar here, requesting permission to confer with you? I need some advice.” He’d thought about the Engineers’ meeting, and D’nis dismissing Geoff for heckling. This was the fourth of fifth time he’d seen…or been the target of, mouthy, rude and arrogant people at Landing. Was everyone…

Chap. 270 The Mystery in the Strait “K’ndar here! Who calls?” One of these days, he hoped, the voice would be that of the caller, rather than the strange sounding, electronically produced one. Was that how AIVAS had sounded? “K’ndar, it’s me! Jansen!! Can you come to Engineering? I’m there with just about every engineer…

Chap. 269 Who owns the trees? He was almost finished copying his rough field notes into neat ones for turn in to the Library. I don’t like letting people down, he thought, especially Elene. He stopped writing, contemplating the day that had just ended. They’d spent that morning just looking at the rain forest. Their…

Chap. 268 Joy ride “I saw part of your presentation yesterday, K’ndar,” Elene, Landing’s Chief Librarian said. “It was so very interesting. What was the rain forest like?” She’d joined him for breakfast in the dining hall. “Thank you, ma’am, but I didn’t think it was that good. I was so nervous.” She laughed. It…

Chap. 267 Name Day Raylan called the room to attention. “I’d like to welcome you all to this, Landings’ first ever-well, first in our lifetimes, at least, conclave of scientists who all had something to do with this very strange and unusual beast. I don’t know how the Ancients did such symposiums, nor do I…

Chap. 261 First Symposium K’ndar pulled nervously at the front of his best shirt. The room was filled with important looking people. He’d first seen some of them at the harvest, grubby and sweating. Today they were almost unrecognizable, having cleaned up. The change from being just another farm hand to a return to being…

Chap. 265 After the Harvest After checking the sleeping tents, he decided against staying the night. The bunks are just too close, he thought, and Siskin won’t be able to tolerate all the noise and strange people. I’ll get something to eat, but I’m still going to go back to Landing, he thought. He headed…

Chap. 264 Hazel’s Tale After several minutes, K’ndar and the horses had come to an agreement and began work. He’d half expected to either hear Hazel prattle, or merely direct him from station to station. He was wrong. Hazel sat alongside him. Teak, the cat, sat between them. Once in a while, the cat would…

Chap. 263 A Much Better Name Ayden perused his slate. Most of the group had been assigned tasks. K’ndar began to get nervous. Had he not been selected because he would be doing something that even resembled haying? Aydan slapped his head. “Numbskull!” He scanned the diminished group. “I’m such a dunce! I’m team leader…