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Miiiiinnnnnneee! It hurts! Devith groaned the absolute picture of the suffering dragon where he lay in his wallow his big silver head half sitting in his rider's lap as she scratched his eyeridges.

"I know Devith. I know." Hekate soothed her eyes dark with worry for her dragon and anger at the lack of help. When Devith had been smaller the cramps had been easier to handle and Hekate had managed to ease the pain a bit by massaging the aching muscle. Now however the silver was getting a little big for such tactics to be as effective.

I am not pleased. Devith rumbled his tone dark and would have been a good deal more disturbing and scary were it not for his dejected nuzzling of his rider hoping to urge her to continue her eyeridge scratching.

"Come on let's go pester the healers. All the critical patients have been taken care of. They can't turn us away now in good conscious, not when you're hurting." Hekate vouched giving her dragon one last good eyescratch before urging him to let her up. Reluctantly Devith moved his head slowly slinking to his feet his steps slowed with pain. That however did now stop him from having his usual pose as he slunk after his rider towards the ramshackle healers building curling up beside it not far from where a rather bulky green had taken up residence along with their flits. Hekate doubted the healers would appreciate her winged escort in the still cramped building even as she made her way inside.

One healer paused looking up to spot the red haired rider. "He's having cramps again." Hekate quickly explained as the woman jotted something down with a sigh.

"Very well we think we might have someone who can help you." The woman grumbled all to familiar with the pesky rider and her silver. The two had ingrained themselves quite a good deal in a few of the nurses minds with their constant visiting of Dizzian and Courath during the two's interment there due to their injuries. Devith had had to get rather vocal at one point when he had discovered one of the younger healers had not been listening to Dizzian and missing spots on Courath's hide. Luckily Hekate had reigned him in and the problem had been solved peacefully and quietly.

Escorting Hekate back past a number of beds the healer grabbed a chair setting it down in front of a bed with a man in it and motioning Hekate to take a seat. "Her dragon's having muscle cramps. Could you possibly handle this Bereck?" The healer asked hoping the man would agree and she could keep two pests busy with one conversation.

At Bereck's words Hekate weathered a glance at the healer arching a brow at the woman. That had been what she had been saying all along! Couldn't they spare one sharding minute instead of putting her with this clearly still injured man? However the way the healer merely nodded, smiled and then shuffled away as quickly as she could happy to get back to her work uninterrupted hinted that Hekate wasn't getting out of this. That didn't stop Hekate's eyes from burning a couple holes in the woman's back as she walked away though.

Bereck's questions however brought her back as she turned back to the injured man taking a moment to clear her throat. "My names Hekate sir, my dragon's Devith. Ex drudge, now a weyrling." She responded attempting to be somewhat polite despite his tone setting her teeth on edge.

"He started having cramps not long after impression and one of the healers showed me how to ease his muscles a little, but they've gotten worse lately. They're not bad enough to keep him from moving, but all he wants to do is lay around and get his eyeridges scratched when they're this bad and no ones been able to spare the time lately to tell me how to help him with it. If anything can be done about it at all." Hekate explained glancing out the window where she caught a glimpse of silver hide. At least until Countess smacked right into the shutters, the greens slim body blocking the view in her excitement of catching sight of her owner.

"Oh sorry about her. She's got personal space issues." Hekate quickly explained rising from her chair to step up to the shutters opening them a bit to untangle the green from where she had smacked into them. "Do you mind~" She turned to ask only to have her fair take the open window as a welcome invitation before she could even finish her question. Within seconds Prince her silver, and Baron had sprung through the window taking their favorite spots on her shoulder and amidst her hair. Lady was a bit more polite fluttering to the window sill to wait to be invited in while Maiden Hekate's third green dove towards her owner with a startled squeek and scambered up and into her sleeve. All the while Countess the bright bubbly green was still doing her best to merge herself with her owner's hands the whole lot cooing and rubbing against their owner as if they hadn't seen Hekate in months rather then the few short seconds she'd been away from them.

"Flits." Hekate finished letting out a good natured sigh as she looked down at her lot and glanced between them and Bereck her cheeks bright with embarrassment. "I can send them away if they bother you." She offered a squeek of disagreement resonating from somewhere in her tunic from Maiden. The rest of the fair settled for chittering and voicing their complaints as well.

Should I call them back Mine? Devith inquired with a low croon cracking one eyelid open from where he had curled himself. While he was happy to finally be growing into his size he rather missed being able to accompany his rider everywhere.

"They'll mind their manners. I promise." Hekate assured him though the brunt of her words seemed to be targeted at the still very affectionate hyper little green that kept curling itself about her hand. The rest of her fair now assured that they wouldn't once again be separated from their beloved owner soon forgot the trauma of being forced to wait outside and settled down. Tucking Countess the hyper little green into the crease of her tunic where the tiny lizard peaked out chirruping and burbling good naturedly at Bereck she took her seat once more.

"Pleasure to meet you weyrhealer Bereck and yes Devith is the young dusky silver outside." Hekate replied confirming his guess even as she considered his name. Perhaps he'd been holder born and simply hadn't wanted to change it? Not that she particularly minded, Hekate personally liked her name just the way it was silver dragon or no silver dragon. Besides Devith didn't care one flying flit what name she went by.

"He was the only one in his clutch so I haven't really had any dragon's his own age to compare his symptoms too. That and my candidate crash course was not exactly clear how to deal with certain problems like this. Then since the attacks there really hasn't been time for elaboration on it either." She explained a touch more polite now that Bereck seemed like he wouldn't turn her away though no less firm in case the man tried to shoo her off like some of the others. Her lack of candidate training had been a constant worrying thorn in Hekate's side for sometime leaving the girl to wonder if she was hurting more then helping at times. While Dizzian had been able to teach her all she knew about being a candidate her friend had impressed green and her knowledge on the bigger metallics was limited.

At the brassy bugle Devith half uncurled lifting his head to blink at the approaching green giving a low rumbling bugle of his own back in answer. While his muscles might have pinched and strained that didn't stop the silver from stretching slightly arraying himself to ease his injured pride and vanity where he stretched out on the ground looking up at his new visitor. I am he and you must be the lovely Bereth your rider speaks of. Devith crooned to the heavier green his eyes roaming her injuries with a hint of worry. It was an endless source of amusement and trouble to his rider how the young silver had no problem disregarding and shrugging off a bronze, but when it came to the smaller dragons of the Weyr especially greens the usually arrogant dragon was a picture portrait of perfect manners.

It is good to meet your acquaintance. Would you care to come lounge with me? Mine has opened the window so it is easy to see the two-leggers from out here The young silver rumbled warmly drawing a small grin from his rider with his words. Sometimes. . .when he wasn't getting into tussles with the bigger colors Devith could truly be quite the charming devil. Not that this surprised Hekate in the least.

Devith rumbled a low greeting as she confirmed who she was though he sensed his compliment had not been taken quite as intended. Very well then. He replied as she went on. I will await your company. Is there anything yours would ask of me to do while you circle? Devith inquired tilting his head to eye the large green with interest.

Inside with the firelizards settled Hekate watched with interest as Bereck closed his eyes. Staring at the healer's pale slightly gaunt face for a moment she pondered just how he planned to take a look at her dragon. He didn't appear to have any flits of his own to send him images as she did.

Devith? What is Berath doing? Hekate asked feeling her dragon's curiosity just as piqued as her own.

She says Hers wants to take a good look at me and is circling. Devith explained even as he kept half an eye on the green. Devith was about average in size and build for a silver with a fine layer of sleek muscle that had developed with the constant movement forced on him and his rider during the attacks. His hide however was breathtaking in pattern for a silver his marking a dark almost metallic over the lighter dusky silver and shown with the constant attentive oiling both dragon and ride insisted on. Still it seemed even Devith had not escaped the fighting unscathed as a long thin faded knife scar traced over his shoulder, a second one that with his growth had almost disappeared lay half hidded tucked between the toes of his front foot. Both marks of pride as far as Devith was concerned.

Her dragon's words though sparked Hekate's interest. She had heard that some riders who lost an eye to thread would borrow their dragon's eyes, but had never done so herself. The closest she came to doing so was to occasionally borrow those of her flits, something she knew Devith himself did fairly often to keep tabs on her when she was out of his sight.

Letting her own eyes flicker shut Hekate concentrated reaching out to her lifebond. Mine? Devith voiced his curiosity as he felt his rider's presence sharper then ever before.

It's ok Devith. I just want to see if we can do what they're doing. Hekate assured him trying to concentrate as the silver settled back down ignoring the slight tickling behind his eyes as suddenly Hekate's mind was filled with brilliant color.

The girl almost forgot to breath all together as she stared out through Devith's eyes following his gaze as he watched Berath circle. Every flicker of eye movement, every twitch of his tail, the slight shift of a claw, she was aware of it in amazing brilliant detail. It would be until Bereck spoke again that the girl would be startled from her experiment opening her eyes to stare back at the older man with surprise.

Hekate blinked and offered the man a small almost shy smile at being caught. "Err no sir. When Devith mentioned what Berath was doing I wanted to try it. We haven't really touched on it in any of the lessons." She explained straightening slightly and composing herself drawing a few cheeps from the two firelizards hiding in her tunic.

Staring at Bereck now Hekate felt a pang of sorrow. The world was so much duller seeing through her own eyes and she distinctly missed the closeness her and Devith had shared. In the back of her mind she could feel him reaching his own mind out to her reassuring himself that his rider was fine despite her sudden hasty withdrawal.

"Is it always like that?" She finally asked her curiosity getting the better of her for a moment before she reminded herself that the reason she had come here was not to pester the man with questions, but to take care of her dragon. "And about Devith? Did you find anything?" Hekate added not wanting to draw out her dragon's discomforted.

Devith now that he had been circled settled back down doing his best to try and ignore the constant aching of his muscles. The warm glow of the sun on his hide and the soft grass beneath him did relax the silver somewhat as he awaited Berath. Does yours borrow your eyes often? He questioned curious and his mind already buzzing with ideas. Devith had used the flits numerous times as lookouts, but they could only give him a constant stream of pictures. Hekate however had used his eyes like her own making him ponder if perhaps in turn could borrow hers in much the same manner.

"I meant is it always so sharp? So close? Though of course it would make sense for the colors to be more vibrant and the details clearer since dragon's have superior vision to our own." Hekate replied a bit sharper as she gave him her full question whatever shyness she had had before at being caught unaware gone. When he posed his question to her in return she paused considering her answer. She knew the pain was all over, but there were a few select areas that were even more tender and sore then others.

"The muscles at the base of his wings and in his legs hurt the worst, but the pain tends to be widespread. Sometimes rubbing those areas eases the pain a bit, but lately even that hasn't been helping as much as it used too." Hekate replied feeling a slight pressure on her mind as Devith explored his new idea though a quick mental shrug sent the silver back to his own body.

We'll experiment with this later Devith. Hekate assured him at his mental rumble of discontent. While Devith was far from the clingiest dragon he had rather enjoyed having his so close in his mind and was as curious to see what it was like to be human as Hekate was what it was like to be a dragon.

I think I will have to try it later with Mine. The flits usually send me pictures of her when we are separated so I know she is unharmed. Not that I doubt they would defend her until I arrived should anything attempt to harm her. The oldest green, Lady, is quite adept at warding off unwelcome two-leggers. Devith explained crooning to the bright dark and light streaked green where she still sat on guard on the windowsill. Lady responded by returning a little chirrup and preening enjoying the attention and compliments paid to her.

Do you have any objections to Berath helping us love? Hekate asked just to be sure though she doubted Devith would have a problem with the large green.

Of course not Mine. Especially if she can ease the pain in my muscles. The silver replied crooning low in his rider's mind at the idea. Perhaps Berath might show him some more neat tricks.

"Devith says he doesn't mind. Not that I thought he would, he adores greens. I'd like to avoid tampering with his food as well if I can. Devith is rather hardy, but he's still a silver and I don't want to risk making him sick." Hekate replied nodding her agreement with Bereck when it came to the subject of her dragon's food.

"Would you like me to leave the window open so you can keep an eye on us outside as Berath instructs us?" She asked figuring if nothing else the man would perhaps like a bit of fresh air.

"Of course I don't think you're dull enough to suggest something that could worsen him. You're a Weyrhealer, you certainly wouldn't be one unless you were the best. Just the world's been tossed on it's head enough as it is. I'd like to maybe keep some semblance of routine for him where I can." Hekate explained becoming somewhat annoyed at how the man always seemed inclined to think the worst of her and Devith. Not that she wasn't really used to such things, but when it came to her dragon she was a touch more protective then she was of herself.

Turning to the window she lifted a hand summoning her green silently from the sill to allow a bit more breeze and make it easier for her to see out. Depositing Lady on the back of the chair she turned to eye the silver and green figures outside. "I'll leave it then." She answered her flits turning to watch as well interested to see what their big one would do.

I think Mine would like that very much. Devith rumbled back to his green companion his eyes whirling bright with such an idea. Yes it would be his surprise for her. A way for his to get away from the crowds she loathed so much.

At Berath's request Devith stretched his wings out turning to expose the more tender area. The muscles at the base of my wings hurt the worst. They are tight and sore and make moving my wings difficult. The silver explained watching the green with curious eyes as she would work.