| "Why fire-lizards?"
"Fire-lizards can be impressed. They are related to dragons as the nursery rhymes of your planet go." "Wow, really?" he stopped in his tracks, so I did as well. "But why discuss them?" "Some fire-lizards were impressed at Southern Weyr a few days ago. F'nor of Benden Weyr impressed a queen fire-lizard while recuperating there," I paused for effect (it worked). "The other reason why they are discussing them should be coming into view any minute now," I looked at my watch to know the time of this event. Shards! (What? Already thinking Pernese!) My watch has gone dead! I thought. "Jason, are those fire-lizards on they're shoulders? Why would anything attach itself to Lord Meron... what happened?" he watched as I silently cursed and fiddled with my watch. "Nothing, except the fact that my watch's battery has just died," now I looked over at Meron and Kylara, "They practically clash, don't they? His outfit is way too orange to blend with hers." I then thought that Meron looked like a Hari Khrishna and laughed to myself as I put my useless watch back on. "Did you see, before they were overshadowed by Lord Meron, what the Benden Weyrleaders were wearing?" "Oh yeah, they're wearing green, good. I hope the happy couple like their gift." "What do you mean?" "That's right. We talked right through their echoes. Anyway, Weyrleader F'lar said something about Meron and Kylara's fire-lizards being living examples of their best wishes for them or something. He also said that the eggs are just now hard, and that they are to kept in |
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