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Chap. 139  The Apology K’ndar was relaxing by the fire in the center of the pavilion. D’nis had had it built after the hurricane. From his spot, he could see the night sky, the stars on the horizon clear and bright. Far out to sea, he could see torchlights on a fishing ship. The flames…

Chap. 138  The Klah Collectors After a few  ‘betweens‘ and flying at a reasonable altitude, Billek the healer had given K’ndar permission to fly. “Now don’t be too bold, K’ndar…if your nose begins to bleed, it means you’re not ready to fly yet,” he’d said, “and I want you to avoid dusty work, if you…

Chap. 137 Confined to quarters I never realized how boring it can be when no one is here, he thought. He was amazed at how empty the weyr seemed. Not that it was totally unpeopled. The operations of everyday life remained: the cooks were still at work, livestock still needed feeding and mucking out, small…

Chap. 135  The “Fight” He felt strange, almost resentful, although common sense told him he had no right to that feeling. Everyone pitched in for harvest, no matter what they did in regular life. While it was accepted that the very old, the very young and the disabled were not expected to work, most of…

Chap. 134 The Paladen and the Mystery Animal Glyena ran her hands over the enormous skull of the paladen. “It’s so big,” she said, “and I’m used to queen dragons, I thought they were the biggest animals on Pern,” she said. The research division tech smiled. “Not even close, Glyena. Oh, gold dragons are the…

Chap. 133  Who was that man? “Aye, I recollect that man. ‘E weren’t nothin’ but super cargo,” the captain of the Stella Maris said. The Station Master of Observatory 1, (now called that as development of the second telescope site had begun) looked hard at the scruffy seaman in front of him. He had the…

Chap. 131  Turn In “Good to see you, K’ndar,” Raylan said. “And you, Raylan. I didn’t think the survey of Western would take so long, but..it did. I’ve brought you a number of specimen bags. I need some more time to transcribe my field notes, though,” he said. “We’re still processing Greta’s samples, but D’mitran…

Chap. 132  Homecoming By the time he’d left Landing and returned to the Weyr, it was late. K’ndar hung up his harness in its usual spot in his weyr. Shrugging his backpack off his back, he let it drop with a thump. It sounded a bit rocky. Shards, he thought, my nocs are in there.…

Chap. 130 The Mistake It was hard to believe the survey was done, K’ndar thought. They’d been at it long enough for him to adapt to the cold, northern climate. Well, maybe not adapt, but at least get used to it. Still, he was ready to go back to Southern’s warmer climate. And sleep in…

Chap. 129  Finally, the Site At last, they were at the coast. Unlike the eastern coast, this one had no sandy beaches. The surf beat on rocks, reminding K’ndar of the southern coast of Southern, with its rough surf tearing at the rocks. The Sea Dragon lay at anchor just off one of the few…