Another great chapter. No danger, no yelling. What a relief after previous tension and turmoil.
It's wonderful the way you fill in details about life on Pern not covered in most stories, both Anne's and yours. I hadn't realized that there was a separate dining hall for non-Riders, or that there were so many that they ate in shifts. How were able to carry so many people on the dragons when they jumped 400 years?
I hadn't realized there were 500 dragons in a full Weyr. I hadn't realized how poor some Holds were nor how hard life was there.
I love having this fuller picture of Pern,