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Chap. 97.1  The Reluctant Teacher “I really like this firepit structure, D’nis,” M’rvin, the Weyrleader said. “It serves a lot of purposes.” He was sitting with his feet up on a footstool. Siena, his weyrmate, was next to him. The weyrfolk were sitting in a large circle around a large firepit. The fire crackled and…

Chap. 97  The mystery item B’rost was eating breakfast when K’ndar spied him, alone, in the dining hall. He got a plateful of breakfast and sat down next to him. “What’s on your agenda for today? It’s a rest day.” B’rost had the rusted ‘thing’ on the table. He’d been obsessing about it since finding…

Chap. 95 Shark bite Careth, Rath and Corvuth were ‘parked’ at Landing when K’ndar arrived. He was grateful that Salish, the dragonhealer, had treated Raventh so quickly. He wanted to see what B’rost had found, and perhaps learn more about the creature that attacked his dragon. The three others were surprised to see him when…

Chap. 94  The trouble with fire lizards “In a way, I wish you’d not smeared numbweed on this wound,” Salish, the dragonhealer muttered, as she dressed the wound on Raventh’s tail. “It will make it a lot more difficult to tease out the DNA. But-we know that Raventh’s a dragon, and numbweed’s a plant, so…

Chap. 93  The Sea Creature At last. Not that he’d disliked it, but D’nis felt he’d accomplished something-no, THEY’D all accomplished something that hadn’t been done before. They’d gone from one end of the continent to the other, conducting a scientific survey. It may just have been a straight line, preliminary investigation, but it had…

Chap. 92 The Water Hole “I can see the ocean!” B’rost called, excited. From their viewpoint in the sky, they could see the fog wreathed coast. This, then, was almost the end of their survey of the Southern continent. “Not quite yet, lads,” D’nis called, “We must maintain discipline in the survey. We’ll drop down…

Chap.91  The Chase They’d been working their way steadily south, surveying the steppe. K’ndar had asked to visit the site they’d been chased from by the locusts before they continued on. “I don’t know, K’ndar, seems to me the steppe would rather not we be there,” D’nis said. “Just a brief stop, sir, to see…

Chap. 90  Guardians of the steppe The “team”, as they’d come to call themselves, had resumed their expedition of the steppe. Now fully aware of how quickly a tornado could come up, they paid close attention to the meterological hallmarks of the storm cells that could spawn them. Today, was not one of those days.…

Chap. 89  The horsetrader Siskin flew to him as he approached, outrageously happy to see him. K’ndar offered him a shoulder, then began scratching his head. The blue rolled his eyes, purring in happiness. He missed you. He was a very good boy, he didn’t try to leave. He stayed right here with me, even…

Chap.88 Showdown at the horse auction There was a very large crowd of people around the main auction ring. Many of them were ranchers and farmers, but there were others as well, hold dwellers, craftsmen, traders. Lizard had told him he’d be selling a black bay horse and would be in disguise. In one of…