K'sway thought about it. "I think that ith you take an egg, they won't let you stand." He answered, slowly. "And thometimes, I've heard that it takes a while, for a dragon to come. I don't want you to

"Thank you, Sixanth. I want to be sure you are spotless as you deserve," Calyse replied to the dragon directly, beaming proudly and working all the harder to clean him with the praise from K'sway. His

"They cover that a couple times, 'specially before a Hatching." K'sway nodded. "...Speaking of which, are you sure you want an egg? If Lai flies? I know Foreth's going to clutch soon." He grinned

"It-it's alright. You didn't do anything," Calyse answered gently. "It's part of being a rider, losing people. You have to get used to those punches in the gut." When the brown nudged her, she seemed

"'M sorry." K'sway offered, after a long moment of quiet scrubbing. "Never lost anyone close to me before. But... I'm sorry." Sixanth lowered his head, turning his neck and deigning to nudge Calyse

{{Damn right you did,}} Hircoth replied with a huff. {{I thought we were both going to go between that day.}} "Man, I'm sorry," R'vbor groaned while rubbing his head. 'I'm still trying to remember

"Yes, Master Whercrafter, I was told that this is THE place to go to get a working wher," Talena began. "I'm ACM Bluerider Talena, and I admit that ever since the attempt on Weyrwoman Kassia's life

L'nix jumped a little when the heads all snapped towards them with interested whirling eyes. "That... is admittedly a bit creepy. It would be cute were it one or even a few, but this is creepy. So

"Ducar will have no problem with that, Lady," D'cul replied with sureity. "If anything, he'll be most content to sleep on the floor while the firelizard uses him as a living perch. My boy couldn't

Calyse marveled quietly at the idea of merely stumbling across a firelizard clutch, given how expensive they had been in the north. "Me? Oh, um, I'm from Benden Weyr. My Da' rides bronze Finth and my

"And if he needs someone to sit with him, you know Elphith will be there, too." Of course, Bl'by would likely want to stay while the Candidates helped out, but from what Cuylar had seen, it was better

Cuylar did not expect to miss Bitey's faire. But the place seemed almost empty without them. He furrowed his brow as he continued his notes on what happened the night before. The guards had already

-- Blackadder: I mean, what about the people that do all the work? Baldrick: The servants. Blackadder: No, me; *I'm* the people who do all the work.

At least as far as Bl’by was concerned the only time he’d prepared with more panic to go anywhere was that one horrifying time no-one talked about, the time everyone woke up in the middle of the

See, the firelizards said proudly, sharing the warm feeling of absolute safety that suffused Tyne like a glowing aura the moment R'zzon had arrived with Panagath as though they were letting him in on

"Well, I'm sure when the firelizards talk to him, he hears them differently," R'zzon said thoughtfully. She was good at interpreting her flits, so how she missed that... {{They didn't understand what

Giselle nodded as she listening, paying attention to the woman's words. "And you're wondering if another firelizard that she knows is connected to part of the family might give her someone to

Ponth felt quite sure there was a compliment in there. Somewhere. She eyed the bronze thoughtfully as she shifted her shoulders to let Dytha better scrub the muscles at her wing base. The green

"Ith was... nice." K'sway answered. "Lots of work, but I hath a mum, dad, two older sithters. Dad gave me Skit and Lai, when I wath ten. Found'em on a beach." he added. "I... like Weyr life better

For some reason she couldn't identify, Calyse found herself wanting to know more about the young brownrider. "What was it like in the cothold? I hear they can be so crowded, but it seems like a really