"No'm," he murmured quietly, as if lowering the tone of his voice would help stop the cramp from coming back with a vengeance, and kicked with his good leg, trying to help where he could in this

Almira stopped when Lerian left the path, not sure she should follow him. But he came back quickly, and she grinned back at him when he offered some of the red berries. SHe had to eat one handed, but

Not too far out in the lake was a skinny, and very old looking dragon. This was a brown who'd gone grey around his muzzle, but though old, he showed every sign of being exceptionally healthy and well

Alyx gave him an odd look, but let the first comment slide by without saying anything. That was not really important now any ways. Getting them both back to shore without drowning was. Not that she

Each foot stepped forward, one after another smoothly and with no hesitation. Those movements were as confident as Kirene was that no one would mind her presence approaching the Weyrlake. Nothing

"Wouldn't be in the -- water, if you weren't here," he retorted without any rancor, trying for light-hearted humor even if the tone fell a bit flatter than he'd intended. But then he was suddenly very

With a final petulant chirp, Featherhead abandoned her perch and flitted back to the rider's shoulder. Once there she cheeped happily and preened a bit of the man's white hair affectionately. The old

Alyx shook her head at the young man's stubbornness, and slipped closer to him, getting under his arm so that he wouldn't have to move that side at all. She was a strong enough swimmer, that if needed

Zezzev froze in place so as to not disrupt the green firelizard that'd landed on him. "Hi there." He said to her before glancing over toward the brownrider. Seeing as he was there to collect

He grit his teeth, using one arm and leg to tread water, and grasped her arm with his other hand, using her to support himself on that other side, where even the minute motions of staying afloat were

J'hen was busy fighting the bed, and didn't hear the knock, Featherhead did however, and popped in front of the man cheeping a welcome, and also checking the visitor for treats. She was totally

Zezzev walked near the wall of the corridor. He pretty much never went out into the center of the corridor and now wasn't any different. There wasn't many people in the corridor to notice if he

Alyx of course was familiar with people trying to power through things, she saw that he was having trouble immediately, and turned around,swimming back to him. She wasn't all that interested in

He motioned for her to come sit closer to him and said "Yes. My sister. She was training at the Dolphin Hall before she was searched and brought here to stand on the Grounds and she impressed a green.

Sometimes when you were older, and didn't have the duties of youth, the days got away from you. This was not an unusual thing for J'hen. Usually though he remembered laundry day. Grumbling under his

Ysolde was relieved that someone had "gotten it". So many people seemed to be baffled that someone could be so interesting that you lost all awareness of the world around you. "I'll see if I can find

"Hmm," she said thoughtfully. This might be a bit trickier than she thought. "If you've checked around the lake, could they have gone looking for food elsewhere?" Food, sun and more food was usually

"No, not at the Hold, but she was close." Too close. Horribly close. It felt like she was telling a sordid secret. "She had no reason to be there, none! But I wanted Fort - it was mine! But... but if

Asheran's eyebrows went up in the universal "tell me more" signal at the mention of an "interesting clutch." His first impulse was to conjure up images of two-headed hatchlings... but that hit too

Sitting down Ishi watched him get the klah and then gave him a small smile. “I thought a good looking guy like you would have a heavy social life?” She wasn’t really flirting just making an