T'shen and Blue Arfeth's  weyr

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Chuang and Taishen, and Parithet, now that he had impressed, clung together in their little group. It only made sense, they were all from Dawnlight in one way or another. Parithet's older brother El' congratulated the new brown rider, who apparently expected to be taught a little more than he'd learned in the short sevendays that he'd been at Dawn Sisters. Taishen chuckled. Then, when his mother and Kalkin wandered by, he noticed Chuang's odd reaction to the man. Where was her confidence? Certainly he was not that unattractive to her that she was afraid of him? What he was doing with Uzume's arm draped over his, was a mystery to Taishen, but one which he expected his mother to either tell him about at a later time, or leave it out completely, as was her will. He comforted Chuang when she admitted that the odd blue rider had effectively creeped her out, and then they rested with their new hatchlings. Finally, they had to part. Taishen bent down to wake his blue Arfeth, while Chuang was able to actually pick up her green Chaybeth to her own weyr. What is that pretty thing there? Arfeth asked, when they entered the weyrling barracks. It was all Taishen could do to get himself situated in a small nook farther away from the younger boys, so he could afford a narrow meditating area. It is my space for communicating with the between, Taishen explained. The dragon did not know anything about betweening, yet, but he knew that it was significant to his rider, and therefore significant to himself. Will I join you there? The blue asked. "I certainly hope you will, Arfeth, you'll be the one to bring me between and someday soon, you'll know everything I do." I hope so! You're very smart, T'shen, that is why I picked you. I could have had the other boys, but they were not nearly like you at all. I think I saw you before my eyes could open. Wait! That did not make any sense! "Yes, it did, my dear Arfeth. But you need to sleep on it first. Then when you're ready, we will meditate together, and we will become one. How does that sound?" It sounds like a lot of work, T'shen! You're much bigger than me, and I don't think I can fit you into my stomach yet. T'shen laughed long and loudly at that...

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I will not make that mistake, T'shen... I know you will not. Now, only think of the sky. Not how far away it is, only how it is the same shade as your beautiful skin. That is for you to know, my friend, but I simply see sky and clouds... And the occasional green falling from them... T'shen laughed. He shouldn't, but he couldn't help it. Chuang's first flight was slightly less than graceful, and she knew it. T'shen and Arfeth on the other hand...

They took to the air with ease. Almost as if they had been born to it.The bemusement of his rider wore off onto the blue, and he finally got the courage to look down. Below them, there were trees, a field... Wherries! Yum! Can I -- "No you may not chase the wherries!" T'shen yelled, concentration broken, and they too finally ended their first flight with an ungraceful thud on the grasses. It would be a long walk back to the flight grounds, and a longer explanation as to why they veered off so much from their short flight plan.

You have done quite well for yourself, spoke the voice. Perhaps you should join me soon. "I have no interest in becoming a phantom, father," T'shen said, quietly. His blue sat outside on the ledge, sunning, but he heard. We are going to be alive first, and then join you later, sir. The voice chuckled. Good that you have decided this, Arfeth. And your skills of communication have improved over the last moon. "Nice of you to notice," T'shen said. Then, he broke his meditation by laughing. "We'll see you between, and then someday perhaps we must join you. But until then, we will be happy. There is a certain greenrider I must see now." T'shen and Arfeth glided down to where the greens usually roosted, and the bigger blue scattered them like wherries. None of these are nearly as beautiful as my emerald gem Chaybeth, Arfeth announced. "She's going to fly soon, can you see it?" Eventually. I only hope there are no browns in her flights. I am quick and clever, my friend, but I am only a blue... 'Only a blue'?! Did I teach you that, my friend? Arfeth lowered his head and accepted a scratch on his nose. I am sorry. It is only right for them to try for her, but she loves me. And Chuang loves you. You do go to see her now, do you not? "I do," T'shen said. "And perhaps we'll be going back to Blackstone soon, so we might settle in a wing." I will await your return, my friend!