"As well as anyone can be in these times, I suppose," Diagir replied. "I was at the Hatching and saw what happened... I don't even think I've seen a wher do that in all my Turns. Just... that poor

"Last I looked, yes." There was no rancor in the answer, just a deep tiredness. He guided his wher towards the three dimly lit figures, a smile tugging at his lips in spite of all that had been

Ziya smelled her first, knowing that scent. It was her daughter who had left them. She directed the trio towards the scent before letting out a low warble. {'drarsk, Mama Ziya.} Hearing her greeting,

V'drare listened to the night from where Vaidrarsk had paused to sniff at the ground. Faranth knew the tiredness he felt wouldn't be alleviated by an evening walk, but perhaps some of the restlessness

Light evening settled on the chaotic Weyr and found Diagir out with his brown and gold whers. Ziya had her head high which usually signaled a run, but his math showed she was still far too early after

It had been a lot of blood. Not the most blood Cremsden had ever been covered in; working through Falls virtually guaranteed you ended up soaked in it some days, but...enough that he didn’t

Seteieth heard the green rise and saw the blue chasing her. His interest was piued- this was a maiden mating flight of Sigyth, one of his class. He shouldn't chase her, but his instincts took over.

Kashara smoothed down her dress as she stopped in front of the weyr door. The dress wasn’t Gather fancy, but she was definitely dressed up. Not that it took much compared to the Candidate uniform

Mendl smiled at her classmates. "Rusalth is pretty. And Fogryth--I just love his coloring! Congratulations, I'm so happy for you." She was quiet a moment, eating. "I wish I could have seen you guys

"I'm surprised you two haven't met," Rennitz hummed, though she was pleased to see her friends interact so positively. "Now we'll be together in the barracks, at least until you graduate. It's always

"Yiyu of green Mertrith," she answered, taking the other Weyrling's hand in a swift handshake.

Gayatri grinned back at her friend, "Yeah, it was kind of like that for me, too. We weren't in a separate cavern, but I still felt a bit let down over not Impressing gold, since there wasn't one in

"Once or twice," Yiyu admitted, "but it was more for my comfort than hers." She smiled at the newcomer to conversation. "I don't believe I've met you formally."

Rennitz turned to Gayatri when the senior Weyrling approached with a smile. "Thank you, Gayatri. It's surreal, to be honest. I was up standing with the gold eggs when he called me." Her tone was

Lorithi held out her hand for the papers and was reading them as they walked to the exam room, “Ok, so looks like your entire right side? Let’s take a look, please. You have cream to keep the

"But, all of this, it really depends on just how much you really want to stay in the Weyr. There have been plenty of candidates who became candidates simply because they wanted out of whatever future

Yiyu smiled brilliantly. She reached out, then dropped her hand, remembering the rules of this little get-together. "You, more than anyone else, helped me stay strong and learn who and what I am,

"Big. I think... I think he will be. And his name is Prometh." Almira gave L'rin a tired smile. "And I think he's very... angry at the world." She trailed off as Insaya sat down across from them with

Well, that had certainly been a thing, E'thari thought. He'd stood for a number of Hatchings, sure, but nothing quite like this! He couldn't remember a hatching where a candidate had been mauled

Andronda herself hadn't really ever spoken much with the mind healers. While she'd struggled with her gold at the first, most of her help had come from the Weyrlingmaster and Telgar, and the Weyrwoman