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Chap. 24  The Booklover “Hello, the weyr! K’ndar, are you home?” K’ndar looked up from his slate tablet at the call. Someone is here calling for you Raventh said. He stepped out of his weyr. The weyr’s harper, Randel, stood outside. “Come in, won’t you? It’s trying to rain,” K’ndar said. “I’m sorry, but this…

Chap. 23 The Volunteer It was a perfect day for a rest day. The morning was still fresh and cool. The Weyrlings, after caring for their dragons, were outside the dining hall, discussing what they planned on doing. Swimming, sleeping, hobbies, hunting, spoiling their dragons rotten…they, like everyone else, made the most of a rest…

Chap 22 The Rising Green K’ndar felt Raventh’s restlessness the moment he awoke. The dragon’s head snaked back and forth, as if an insect was annoying him. The brown shuffled out of their weyr and plopped down on the sand, looking out to sea. But he saw it not. What’s wrong? Are you okay? he…

Later on, both K’ndar and C’val would remember how prophetic the evaluation would be. “Why,” K’ndar asked C’val, his mentor, “do we have to put up with Jenmay? I don’t think I’ve ever met a person so angry, so resentful. She’s worse than my father ever was. She treats us as if we were to…

Chap. 19 Seeing Stars K’ndar knew that some of his classmates didn’t care for it…the tedium just got to them. Merely going up and down on updrafts within the confines of the Bowl was boring. But he found that he enjoyed ‘elevator duty’. Any excuse to be found for being aboard Raventh and flying was…

Chap. 18 Mind doin’ a favor, mate? K’ndar rested on the beach, after his first ‘swimming’ lesson from the dolphins. He was amazed at how much it had taken out of him, but then, anxiety and fear were draining. “K’ndar!” he heard behind him. It was Lindea, his friend, who’d been Searched but declined to…

Chap  17 Swimming with the dolphins Raventh was fascinated by dolphins. He’d seen them in the distance, their shining forms flying through the air in leaps. But he’d never met one. Until now. I’m going fishing Raventh said, and galloped into the sea. Once his feet left the seafloor, he swam powerfully out to a…

Chap. 16  The Palomino Mare K’ndar was glad that drill training was over and done with. His new boots had given him blisters. For the first two or three days of learning drill, he’d felt like an idiot. Somehow he’d confuse the two feet he’d been born with when ordered to start off with one.…

Chap  15  In the barracks K’ndar was relaxing in the barracks room he shared with B’rost. He was singing a teaching song and braiding horse tail into a choker at the same time. It was raining, and while he didn’t mind being out in it, he was glad he wasn’t. B’rost came up, a cup…

Chap 14  First Flight B’rant, flanked by D’nis, the Weyrleader, watched as his class of weyrlings checked the riding straps on their dragons. He was enjoying this day. This was a good class, he reflected. From their first day, there’d been the normal joking, chaffing and teasing, something to be expected from young people. Today…