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Chap. 87  The Saddle Man He was on his way to the horse pens. Putza, Terylin’s green fire lizard, followed him until Terylin was assured that he was no longer being followed. He weaved his way through the throngs of Gather goers when he spied several saddles and dragon harnesses spread out in the shade…

Chap. 86 The Hunters and the Hunted Siskin warbled a welcome. K’ndar looked up from his breakfast (he was eating in his weyr, this morning,) to see Lizard’s bronze fire lizard appear. By now, K’ndar had learned to always keep a little bit of food for the fire lizards. He offered some to the bronze,…

Chap. 85  Tree Huggers Surveying the steppe was put on hold for the time being. It was harvest season, and everyone who could do work was out in the fields and forests, harvesting crops, hay, fruit and grains, to put away for the coming winter season. K’ndar was grateful for the fact that Raventh was…

Chap. 84 An Evil Wind The day was oppressively hot and muggy, without a breath of wind. They’d been surveying long enough that everyone knew what to do without a lot of discussion. This was grind work, now, as the steppe was completely featureless at this spot. K’ndar wasn’t finding much, but, he reflected, B’rost,…

Chap. 83  The telltale bones The expedition on the steppe was continuing. They had penetrated deep into the heart of the steppe. It seemed to go on forever. They knew there had to be sources of water, but only the wildlife knew where it was. While they worked, something kept niggling in D’mitran’s mind. They’d…

Chap. 82  Further exploration Now that they’d created a reliable baseline for at least part of the steppe, D’mitran, D’nis and K’ndar decided to continue its survey and exploration. This time, B’rost came with them. In the time since the end of Thread, he’d been devouring anything he could read regarding geology.  This added to…

Chap. 81 Hatching and the blue light Mirth’s eggs were hatching. Somehow, the weyr’s Searchers had managed to bring in enough  candidates. Now it was just a question of, would everyone Impress? There had been a few occasions when a Candidate hadn’t been chosen, leaving the teen sad and disappointed. The dragons were humming encouragement…

Chap. 80 The price war The Weyr was busy today. Most of the wings were out on Search. Mirth, the Weyrwoman’s gold dragon, had laid an unusually large clutch, of which everyone was proud and reassured. Some said that there were at least three queen eggs. But the pool of eligible candidates seemed to have…

Chap. 79  The treasure Trove K’ndar looked at what he considered treasure. Raylan had a box with ‘two copies’ of virtually every artifact collection K’ndar had found. Two molecular cameras, two solar panels, two folding “microbinos’, virtually all the toyes were there. Raylan grinned. “We’re still working on copying the notebooks. The disks will take…

Chap. 78  Here there be Lions K’ndar was relieved that the final part of the trial was over. He hadn’t been involved, not directly, but Sandriss had told him how it had gone, as well as Lizard’s account. It was nice, he reflected, to get together with the two of them. Lizard’s two fire lizards,…