You walk into this weyr.It is unbelievably messy,with tunics and wherhide pants scattered all over the floor.Star charts are tacked all over the walls.A small carving of a firelizard perched on a small table by the bed pushed against the corner of the room.Another table in the middle of the room has a bowl of fruit and a plate of sweetrolls on it.You hear a hissing sound and a startled,"Shells!"The "carving" moves suddenly and chirps worriedly."No,not you,Shells,"the voice says.Curious about who this is,you push open the curtain to the next room.A young man,probably about 17 or 18,is sitting on the floor.A broken pot of oil and a few whole ones are sitting on the floor.A broken shelf is right over his head and a bronze dragon hatchling looks worriedly on from a nearby dragoncouch."I knew I shouldn't have bought a shelf made of fancy wood!"he exclaims.He rubs his head while standing up."Well,hello,I'm T'reve,this is my bronze Rogenth,and you are?"he says,smiling widely.He's got midnight black hair and amber brown eyes.He's about medium height and you notice that he's slimmed down since last time you saw him.Probably from being a bronzerider."And I'm sure you've met Shells,my little bronze.Surprising how I Impressed him.Maybe you've met my sister Dania or my parents Raniear and Evelyn?"he asks."I'm from the Selkan trading train.By the way,Rogenth came from Jerdan Weyr.My sister Dania is a greenrider,recently Impressed to green Krynsilth,"T'reve tells you."What happened to that shelf?"you ask.He sighs angrily."A sevenday or so before I was Searched,I decided to buy a shelf,because my family was gonna settle down and hold soon anyway and I figured I would need one.Well,I wanted it made out of easily carved wood.What I didn't reckon for was that it was also easily broken.I brought it with me after I was Searched.I loaded some pots of oil on it,then sat down to eat a sweetroll for morning meal and it broke right down the middle and sent these pots sliding right down at me.I caught most of them,but one of them broke on my head,"he says,rubbing a knot on his head sullenly."Let's talk about a more friendly topic,like how I Impressed Shells there.I bought a nice,pretty jar at a Gather near a SeaHold from a few of my old friends.Paid them a good mark,too.They offered to fill it up with sand for me.Didn't know why,but they told me to go along with it.Couple days later,I dug through the sand and found an egg.I immediately knew what it was and filled the jar with fresh sand.Couple days after that,it hatched and my beautiful Shells bonded to me,"T'reve says proudly."How'd you end up getting Searched?"you ask him,getting more curious about his history."Well,Thread fell one day and we were on groundcrew.The wingleader in charge of checkin' with the 'crew and his wing landed.Me and m'sister and our friends gathered around watchin' him speak to the 'crewleader.Suddenly the dragons started buglin' and makin' the worst amount of noise.You wouldn't believe it!And anyway,the wingleader looked sharply at us.We ducked out the way,o'course.Who wouldn't?He came over to us and explained that we weren't in trouble,we was bein' Searched.All of us!We was all taken to the Weyr.Dani and a few others like me have already Impressed,but the rest of 'em haven't even stood yet,"T'reve says."Rog has just reminded me that he's participating in a flight,gold Emmith's flight.Her rider Serah is real nice,and pretty too.She works as a healer.They have a canine named Fellis too.Rog's real smitten with Em,"he says,blushing a bit.He suddenly stops,head cocked."I've got to go,it's evening meal time,"he says."How'd you know?"you ask him."Well,sometimes my sister's Krynsilth speaks to me when it's important,but this time she told Rogenth.Got to go,see ya!"he calls,pulling on a wherhide jacket and running to the dining hall.
