Sontal liked the lake. The shore. The water. While he could only hear a muffled, distant sort of low rumbling, he could feel the wind and the waves, and he could remember what the air rushing off of t

M'nom returned the smile, relieved to hear she was ready to go – that she did not need to go lie down. He held out his free hand to her. --- Aicha smiled, despite her upset stomach. M'nom really did s

"Not at all," M'nom answered. He scooted up close to Aicha and smiled as it seemed she was enjoying the cookie. "Take all the time you need." He had to resist the urge to put an arm around her or to m

"Want to try one of the cookies?" M'nom asked. He picked up the tin and offered it to Aicha. What better time to see whether they actually worked? They were delicious, anyway. --- Aicha covered her mo

M'nom tilted his head. Had Aicha thought of some reason why she could not join him, perhaps? "Is everything OK?" he asked. --- Aicha smiled and shook her head, picking up the bridle and brushes as she

"Need any help?" M'nom offered as he stood. "Just show me what goes where!" he added cheerfully. He was absolutely looking forward to spending more time with Aicha. --- Aicha looked up when M'nom Spok

M'nom sat quietly with Aicha for a moment, and on deciding that she had nothing else to say, he said, "Would you like to come with me to get something to eat?" --- Aicha fell quiet, unsure what else t

N'kaer had seen the elder weyrling around before. But he had never spoken directly to him. He had tried to convince Mandath to chase after his dragon – whom Mandath told him was named Sigyth. But he w

"He is!" said M'nom. "I'd like you to meet him, once you're ready." He smiled gently. "I want to make sure you feel welcome with us. At home." --- Aicha sighed and looked down at her hands, which were

"It is!" M'nom confirmed. "My family has lived at Callamere since they built it. My brother, O'tan, came here with me when I was first Searched. It's still hard to stomach it when I think about him up

"Oh, she might get a little huffy for half a second, but she won't even remember the next day," M'nom laughed. "Nothing is quite like flying, but. Nothing is quite like riding runnerback, either, is i

M'nom noted the bit of hesitation there. He nodded and did not let it diminish his smile. If she was not ready for flying, well. He had ridden runnerbeasts before. He had not done much beyond the novi

"Well," said M'nom, "maybe while you're still feeling up to it, we can go flying to the west with Shepheth and let her have hers." He could only assume that ‘letting him have his head’ meant not tuggi

M'nom also smiled at being asked about Shepheth. She was still a little bit suspicious that Aicha was going to hurt M'nom, which was something she had worried about much less when it came to women in

"It sure sounds good to me!" M'nom answered. "Any day you don't wake up sick is a good day. Well. A good morning, anyway. How's your runner?" --- Aicha took the box and sat it on her lap, then shook h

M'nom beamed at the praise and took the seat beside Aicha. She really did look very pretty with the flower. "I'm happy to help," he said as he handed the biscuits to her. "Have the mornings been rough

"I'm fantastic," said M'nom. He gave a charming smile. "Do you still have a lot if work to do? Do you need any help?" he offered. If he wanted to spend some free time with Aicha, he would have to free

M'nom was absolutely chuffed after receiving the news of a new baby, and he had been walking on sunshine ever since. Looking for a reason to see Aicha again, he packed up a little box of chocolate-cov

N'kaer was having a pretty good day. He and Mandath were in perfect sync at drills, and the bronze had finally stopped holding a ball of sulk at the back of his mind over having lost the goldflight. F

Andronda waited with commendable patience as she heard the jingling and jiggling of the lock as key after key was tried. It was as well that she wasn't claustrophobic, because while the cupboard wasn'