Cream Kybrith launched herself into the air with a creel of delight. Her short crest gave her the balance she needed, and she followed her older red companion into the sky.
This is what I have wanted for days! They told us not to fly but you are with me, so it's okay, right?
Of course it's okay, Zal replied.
But it was hardly okay - there was a fleet in training, and Zaltierth almost got the two of them into deep trouble by flying right into their path.
Kimball and Grace stood waiting for their punishment in the Weyrwoman's office. The weyrling trainer had passed them both along to her, because Jeyann knew best how to deal with upstarts.
She sat and smiled, knowing that the pair would be either returning to Earth someday soon, or flying with the other Kshau dragons. So it was hard for her to maintain any sort of anger at them. After all, if it weren't for her own disobeyance of rules, she'd never have been able to work up to Weyrwoman.
"Three weeks cleaning duty," was what she said. "And take the weyrbrats with you, because there are half a dozen of them who keep stealing things from the kitchen."
"Great, three weeks out with the kids..." Grace muttered. Kimball smiled at her.
"It'll be like having a family vacation."
Grace said nothing, vacation?! More like torture... But, she'd sat through four-hour makeup sessions before, so why not this? It was just another part of the discipline that she in her heart knew they needed.
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Name
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Grace
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Kimball
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Gender
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Female
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Male
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Age
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32
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28
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Born...
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Earth (Los Angeles)
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Earth (Marston, AZ)
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Job
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Actress
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Actor
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Hair
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Mousey Brown
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Black-Brown
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Eyes
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Golden Brown
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Grey-Green
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Height
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5'9"
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6'1"
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Build
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Healthy, rounded
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Lean, strong
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Dragon
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Red
Zaltierth (m)
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Cream
Kybrith (f)
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Born At
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Dam
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Gold Sasiath
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Gold Mezireth
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Sire
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Bronze Malbath
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Bronze Kalavanth
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Mate
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