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Rinfala smacked her forehead. "Shards, knew I forgot something. I'm Rinfala. That's P'las, and the bluerider is Nevaeh." She looked at him curiously. "You are...?"

You're welcome... Zelith said. I am Zelith.

"Oh..." Rinfala flushed and looked away, embarassed. "Can't believe I forgot...shards, I can be so stupid sometimes." She grimaced at herself, then pushed it to the back of her mind and nodded. "Yes, quite. Rather different than Ista, but not unpleasantly."

Yes.

Siran grumbled, not pleased by any stretch of the imagination to be making an appearance at the Turn's End Gather. Least of all, not with the small, vain miniature of Tiranth. Shards, when she'd run into the big smith, she hadn't thought that she'd be making off with one of his firelizards. The little beasts drove her positively to distraction with their antics, of which she deeply disapproved.

Still, there was a certain charm to the wee thing. The youngling lay curled on her shoulder like a particularly fancy emerald cloak pin, yet there had never been a cloak pin so demanding as little... had she given the 'lizard a name? It seemed that that line of business had quite slipped her mind.

She needs a name. Tiranth insisted strongly, slight overtones of irritation entering into her mindvoice.

Of course the proud and similarly vain green would find fault with that lack. After all, the young one was nearly her duplicate, if ever so smaller, and turns younger. Just as the blond (and for once, fancily garbed) rider stepped out of the main crowd, she found herself face to face with- "Jessmet? Well met, m'lady."

An uneasy smile settled itself over her lips, reminding Siran of the circumstances under which she had met the young holder girl. Her green was showing every sign that she would Fly soon, and fetching the girl had given her the excuse she needed to be away from the Weyr when Ariath rose.

Jessmet had been standing on tip-toe, trying to see over the heads of the crowd. She started, hearing her name, and whirled around. "Oh! Well met, Siran," she chirped. "How have you been?" Finally, someone she knew!

Bronze Az echoed her tone, giving a friendly cheep to the little green attached to Siran's front.

"Well enough," Siran grumbled lightly,"for all that I have this pint sized nuisance attached to me wherever I go." The gruff greenrider was mostly blustering. The young firelizard had already wound her around her tiniest little claw, assuring herself a place in the rider's heart when she'd looked up with great intelligence into her eyes and sent thoughts of how much she adored Siran, and how brave she was to have rescued her from her frantic flight around the halls.

"Got a smith to thank for her, of course. All of you lot," she indicated the nonriders in the crowd,"bring more trouble than anything else with you." A grin showed that she was speaking in jest. "But perhaps we'll make a rider out of you yet, m'dear." The little green's eyes whirled a brilliant blue as she watched the bronze, and after a moment she acknowledged him with a sound of her own, and a settling of her wings.

Jessmet giggled slightly. "Have you named her yet? This little boy here-" she indicated the bronze, "is called Az." She held out a hand for the green hatchling to inspect. "She's lovely. Tiranth in miniature." She grinned, the expression making her look entirely too much like her brother.

The greenrider's last comment startled her. "Me? Oh I don't know about that. I'm only supposed to be here for a visit... You heard Mother."

Az's eyes whirled happily, his supple tail wrapped firmly around Jess' neck.
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"My family's hold raises herdbeasts, and one of my brothers is a tanner," L'mur explained. With a laugh, he said, "Well, your brown certainly knew what he wanted! And weyrling training is going well. Busy, of course, and we got stuck waitering, but ah well." He noticed the shadow across her face, but didn't pry.

Rinfala nodded. "Ah, I see. So you're not too much of a stranger to that work yourself." She laughed uneasily. "Most of it isn't too bad, but when it comes to between training...pay attention. It'll mean your life if you don't...trust me, I know from experience."