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I was notified by a highly observant reader that I’ve made a mistake in “Hunting the Steppe”. K’ndar lives on the Southern Continent. Turnover is at the end of the year, and in the Northern Hemisphere, that’s winter. In the Southern, it’s high summer. Having lived my entire life in the Northern Hemisphere on Earth,…

Chap. 238 Hunting The Steppe After two days, K’ndar was ready to leave the cothold. I’m just not that social a person, he thought. He enjoyed talking with his family, but after hours of it, all he wanted was to be alone, with just Raventh and Siskin. I’m a loner. I always will be. He…

Chap. 237 Wet Turnover As K’ndar buckled Lord Dorn into Raventh’s harness, he thought, after Turnover, I’ll be going home, I should take something. It’s not right to show up with an appetite and empty hands. What? He drew a blank. “Sir, if you were going to go back to your natal home for Turnover,…

Chap. 236 The Selection Raventh was sprawled out in the sunlight, allowing K’ndar to oil him. The dragon’s eyes were closed in bliss. “When you’re done, can I use that oil pot?” a voice said below and behind him. He looked down from his perch between Raventh’s wings to see Francie. Siskin chipped and launched…

Chap. 235 Lefsa’s story Dried flakes of blood and swathes of his hair fell like dust from his head. He resisted the urge to scratch his scalp. “Shards, it’s good to get out of the bandages, my scalp itched enough to drive me mad!” “No doubt, K’ndar. You’ve not washed your head in two days,”…

Chap. 234 Identification “I’d change clothes, were I you,” D’nis said, “You’re fairly ripe.” K’ndar laughed. They were in his quarters after examining the jaw. His mind was racing, trying to understand just what it was from. He picked up the datalink from his desk. “I should have taken my datalink,” he said. “I’m not…

Chap. 233 The Skull (Author’s note: a drawing of the skull (at the end of this post) can be seen if you access my blog’s website. (https://dragonnomads.wordpress.com or https:// dragonnomads.blogspot.com.) I don’t think it will come through in email format.) K’ndar reflected that this was the second time he’d unintentionally been released from a task…

Chap. 232 Headache The sun had set. Several dragons were launching in the last of the light, flying towards the mountain for the night. Are you going to spend all night out? he asked Raventh. I don’t know. I’m still talking to the others. I’ll be in after a while. Okay. What about Siskin? I…

Chap. 231 Sunset It’d been a long day. He and Raventh had made three trips, shuttling people to Landing for the selection of Council members. Now the ‘honored guests’ were comfortably settled into various dorms. Many were having an impromptu get together in the dining hall, as the entire next day was scheduled for the…

Chap. 230 Turn’s End was coming. The winter solstice was traditionally the end of one year and beginning of the next, and for millennia, the day had been called “Turn’s End”, with the week following the solstice called Turnover. It was a time to celebrate, to be with family and friends, to reflect on lessons…