Mawgrim

Yes, wasn’t there something about her going back several times to see herself growing up? Kylara often struck me as someone who shouldn't really have Impressed a dragon.

Good point, although I’m fairly sure Kylara references 'spending a couple of seconds longer between' as a method to induce a miscarriage. Not sure if normal jumps between would be dangerous or not.

When you think of the crap she had to put up with - being told ‘queens don't fly and all those boring lessons - I’m not surprised either.

If you go by canon, that also seems to have been an alternative earlier in the history of Pern (substitutes during mating flights are mentioned in Drangonseye/Red Star Rising) but by the ninth pass it seems that you have to just accept it and have sex with whoever’s dragon flies yours.

That’s the correct way of doing it, but as the five Weyrs riders don’t really fit in to the Benden hierarchy, he figures out F'nor would be more likely to get things done.

There's a reason they don’t have any furniture (except a bed) in the flight cave! D'gar would like to stay out of the politics but may find himself dragged in anyway.

D'gar's quiet competence in the Wing is being noticed, even if he doesn’t realize. Find out about the damage in the next episode!

‘How did you manage to arrange this?’ D’gar lay back on one of the smooth rocks that ran all along one side of the beach, relaxing as the warm sun of Southern Boll soothed his joints and muscles. It had been a tough Fall the day before and he was feeling the after effects. ‘It wasn’t too difficult.’ Zalna continued to unpack the hamper. ‘I’ve been playing the good girl recently, so Mardra doesn’t mind me having some time away from the Weyr. Of course, she thought it was just me and K’torl

So Rita's plans are finally revealed. I wonder why she posted such a vague message on her Facebook page. Most people would want to name the person they'd just become engaged to. Could it be that she hoped that people would assume it was Rick (as they have)? With someone well known locally linked to her, she's probably hoping to get more support (or at least, less opposition) to the proposed development. Still not sure why Irene is pissed off, although it could be that she's annoyed that she's found out about her boss's 'engagement' from Facebook rather than being told face to face. Or it might be something else. I have a bad feeling Heinrich senior may have invested rather heavily into Rita's project.

Excellent short story with great dialogue. Ok, it's a modern fairytale, but sometimes we all need a HEA ending. It brightened my day.

Lots happening in this chapter. Have they found anything exciting at the dig? Will Sam and Pietro eat them out of house and home? Will the boys offer be enough to buy Rivers Edge and save it from the developers? Can't wait to find out.

It was like M’rell had said. D’gar was beginning to think in terms of Falls ridden, rather than sevendays or months. Most were marked out by something memorable; foul weather, injuries to a rider or dragon in the Wing, deaths. Some were more personal. D’gar didn’t think he was ever going to forget the one over Fort Hold when his stomach hadn’t settled and an unusually tight turn from Herebeth had made him throw up his breakfast. Some of the vomit had gone down Herebeth’s shoulder, the rest over

I have found that doctors often don’t tell you very much and it’s not necessarily because the news is bad. Because they are knowledgeable about a condition they sometimes assume that their patients know equally as much. Maybe you could call someone at the clinic and ask them to explain further? It might stop you from fearing the worst. Hope it turns out well, anyway.

Interesting dream sequence. In dreams, a house is supposed to represent you as a person and the basement symbolises unconscious feelings. The fact that light shone out and Rick released the trapped bird probably means that his subconscious is at last becoming able to let go of feelings he has kept shut away for years. It was beautiful to see the relationship between Gus and Rick developing.

Herebeth chased P’goll’s Taronenth on a golden summer evening, the heat radiating from the warmed stone surrounding the Bowl. Dragons had basked all day on the heights, as their riders basked on the lake shore. Two greens had taken flight earlier, with much shrieking and posturing. Herebeth hadn’t even stirred for them. But as the sun began to sink behind the western rim of the Bowl, Taronenth rose from her slumber, killed a small herdbeast and blooded it, then set off on a mating flight that so

Taronenth is looking very pretty. D’gar sighed. Herebeth was noticing green dragons again. Trouble was, Zemianth had only recently risen - and been caught by Tiriorth, which he wasn’t pleased about - so he was setting his sights on other dragons in the Wing. Over the past few days, that had happened to be P’goll’s Taronenth. Are you going to chase her? Herebeth gave him the mental draconic equivalent of a shrug, from which he assumed he wasn’t going to be given any more notice that he

So now we've found out about Gus's demons from his past. It was a frightening experience in the hospital, but it's brought them closer together. I loved the end of this chapter.

What a wonderful story, with so many interwoven threads; teenage love, a ghost story with a mystery intertwined and foreign escapades with an amazingly varied cast of characters. This is one to re-read and savour a second time around.

I know. I'm never quite sure if it's a blessing or a curse!

Totally agree with you there. I used to get very frustrated by some of the cinema managers attitudes. I was there in an advisory role to make sure the candidate was suitably technically competent, but the final decision to employ or not was the manager's.

I agree with what Clancy59 just said. Your store manager had already made up his mind who he wanted in the job. You are probably right that you will never be able to get any further where you are. Back when I was involved in interviewing, I used to be in the position of asking the technical questions, after the cinema manager asked theirs (usually those horrible ones such as 'what do you consider your greatest weakness' or 'where do you see yourself in 5 years time'). There was a particular candidate who wanted to be promoted to chief projectionist and had four interviews in a year, at different sites. He was technically extremely competent and I had no doubt he would make a good job of running the projection team, but different managers rejected him for four different reasons. One said he lived too far away from the site, one didn't like his long hair, one didn't like that he was in the union and the last had already decided they wanted someone else for the job. Each time, he asked me to give feedback on what he was doing wrong and I had to try and be tactful as to why he'd not got the job. I told him to keep on trying and on his fifth interview he clicked with the manager and was given the job. The point of this long and rambling reply is that sometimes, people just pick someone for reasons of their own that you can never fathom out and then make excuses about why you didn't get the job.

First times stories can sometimes be boring. This one isn't. The writer has a great style and draws you along with his characters.

A story that kept me guessing all the way through. Good characterisation and plenty of plot twists. Unusual and unique.

Great ending. I really enjoyed this story as it had so many twists and turns. Kevin and Dex make a great couple.

What a clever twist. No magic involved at all!