He he paused, considering the man before him levelly. "Considering that, you can, perhaps, understand my... skepticism when regarding your extremely... atypical training?" --- Raobehr hardly thought i

Raobehr frowned and banged the tuning fork against his knee one more time. He held it to his ear and then plucked a string on his harp. This was not precisely second nature to him yet, but he was plea

"I've ridden before," said Nekaer. "But I wouldn't say I ride. Not runners, anyway." He had ridden adragonback enough to consider it unremarkable, as many weyrborn with rider parents had. "Ashes, she'

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All in all, Nekaer ought to have recognized her straight away, but he never was one to let ‘ought to’ get in the way of what was. If he had grown up at Arolos, no doubt, he would have placed her immed

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"Hm?" Nekaer blinked as he realized someone else had entered the stable, and not one of the usual herdsmen. "Oh, no. I meant her," he said, jerking his thumb at the ornery beast. "I'm Nekaer," he intr

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Nekaer wiped the sweat from his forehead onto the upper arm of his sleeve. When one such as himself was a Candidate but did not know very well what sort of work he wanted to do should he fail to Impre

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(Please forgive the wait.) "Hey now! You can't just *eat* those! Shardit all, spit that out before you kill yourself!" Phyllia had started out with a scolding tone, but at the end of it she was shouti

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((I am happy, honored to keep you safe.)) Fephumith glanced out, suddenly suspicious of those who might try to steal Kyuuth away from where she wanted to be. From under his wing, if he had any say abo

((That was a lovely pounce. Pouncey bouncey trounce.)) Fephumith broadened the sail of his wing and curled his tail about Kyuuth to hide her from the prying eyes of any she did not wish to see her. An

Fephumith rumbled happily and extended his wing over Kyuuth. ((I'm happy to keep you safe,)) he said. ((And you are welcome to pounce me anytime you like.)) For a moment, he continued to hum to himsel

It took some time for Fephumith to notice Kyuuth approaching. He had been busy thinking of frumpty-shaped things like whers and of spinning straw into yarn and that yarn into a great woven mat that mi

Sontal beamed brighter than the sun and bounced back and forth with excited fidgeting. Being allowed to help a gold dragon was among the best gifts he could receive. The boy eagerly walked to her to f

"It's just good to see you again, sir," said Cuylar, chuckling. "And I guess I'm getting used to Thread coming after me these days, so it's not so bad." He wondered whether Cremsden might have been on

"I wouldn't expect anything less," said Cuylar, grinning. Of course, he might have to make a copy for Kregg to mark up. He was probably not going to rewrite everything. At least, he wanted to be able

Humans could be notoriously unreliable. The younger, the more unreliable. Foreth grunted and waited impatiently to see if Sontal would even return. It took longer than he meant it to. Mostly because i

"I'm writing my project thesis now," said Cuylar, clearly pleased to see that Kregg thought he had a chance to progress. Of course, he was going to leave out the kerfuffle of his erstwhile refusal to

Why, indeed? From what Cuylar had heard, the Seffers were highly inconvenienced at having had their lives saved. "I was ever so lucky," he said, "as to have piqued the interest of a lovely green hatch

Cuylar could not help but smile a bit at Kregg's crotchety reaction to the cushion. "The Hall got most of us out at about the same time, I think?" said Cuylar. "Cremsden, Haygen, and Rulynn got out sa

If there was one thing Cuylar knew, it was how Kregg took his beverages. At least he knew now that Kregg recognized him, so that was a start. "Right away, sir," he said. Soon, he returned with a drink

Keep it? Foreth looked down at the minuscule fish. It *was* shiny. And not fitting even for a snack. And if she lowered her eye close enough it was shiny enough. Maybe it was worth keeping. But Foreth