Kyrel resisted the urge to further antagonize the pained rider, amusing though it might have been. With Aru for an audience, he was certain he could have nailed some biting one-liners, but Cremsden's

Catching glimps of Kassia's distinctive hair struck a chord of memory as she tumbled headlong to the ground, ignoring the burning sting as she skinned her elbows. But in her shock and fury, her brain

Qioyon cocked his head. To him this all seemed very strange, though not all that worrisome considering some of the stories his mother had told him. "I've had to mount the Searchdragon, so kinda!"

There were few people that understood what the leaders went through. Even the other golds besides the Weyrwoman were somewhat sheltered. The people who had the full brunt of it numbered in a couple of

Kassia's head was starting to whirl around when she felt the impact. She grunted and stumbled to the side, dropping the piece. "What the shards?" she gasped, her breath somewhat knocked out of

"It's nice to meet you," she said, accepting his slightly grubby hand. She shifted the book under her arm. "I borrowed all of these, so we must take extreme care. Would you like to stay here and a

"Oh! Uhm!" Garatt scrambled to his feet hastily and stuck his hand out to take hers - apparently *this* was what it took to remind him of his manners. "Garatt! Of Berford Hold!"

Yiyu squeaked as she emerged, startled by his tallness, his lankiness, his *maleness*. Recovering quickly, she tilted the basket of glows to better look at hims while she thought up an answer:

No, whoever this person was, they couldn't just leave alone. As she spotted them lean over and pick up, out of all things, her dragon, Ysolde felt a white-hot blaze of fury tear through her and she

"No," Tyne said matter of factly, breaking from her role of adoring mother wherry to look up at R'zzon. "I have ten. Aaru belongs to Bobbin. She only listens to me because I can hear her. And because

"Margana?" Cremsden appeared at a run, having being quietly alerted. "K'ren said -- are you sure? It's now?" He sounded torn between excitement and anxiety, sure they were ready but were they

"That's enough, Aru." There was a warning in Cremsden's voice. "Here now the pair of you. Scram over to the classroom - Aru, can you run Kyrel through some of the common herbs? It's quiet enough. I'll

"Only a fool wouldn't at least think about it, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt," he replied, conjuring the fakest smile he could muster. Watching carefully, he let her go back into the box,

"What makes you think I was going to take anything?" Namieh asked, no need to fake the offense she felt. How did he know that? Stupid boy! A lucky guess, she surmised, her proverbial hackles on the

Leodred erupted out of the darkness, arriving through one of the tunnel maybe six feet up ahead. He tried to stop himself but not only ended up skidding but crashing into the wall as well. Picking

Leodred decided to get a little closer and look into the particular box that she had been rifting through, tapping the side of it lightly and heard some jars full of liquid brush against each other

Toki had taken to sunning himself on the Weyr's rocks, preferring the way they gathered the day's heat to spots nearer the Harper Haven where His Person stayed. Faceted eyes caught sight of a luminous

Yiyu caught sight of the collar even as she extended one hand for him to sniff. She considered her current state of being: wet beneath the outfit she wore, hair dripping water down her back, and

The beautiful bronze seemed to consider for a moment before making a happy cheep and flexing his wings. This time nothing was hurt, and he didn't almost drown, all in all an excellent outcome. After

The more time she spent here, the more she loved the Weyr. The more she loved the Weyr, the more she refused to think about leaving, failing, and/or not belonging. Because of course she did belong.