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The determined green shoving her way through the girls, intent on finding hers, was proof yet again to Lilah that the back was absolutely the place to be. It was practically impossible to be in the way! The clumsy green headed their way, too, she could see by peering through the gaps of the people in front of her. Apparently she didn't want a boy after all.

Lilah tensed when she heard the Resilient green snarl at one of the girls, sure for a moment that this would be the first one to shed blood, but she was wrong. The pessimistic girl breathed an unashamed sigh of relief when the dragonet Impressed, and went back to keeping an eye on the more cheerful of the two sisters. Just because she was happy didn't mean she couldn't hurt someone without meaning to! Still, the more immediate danger was out of the way, so she relaxed a little, shifting positions quietly.

Winderick stood on his toes. He was not as tall as some of the other boys in his group and standing in the middle made it difficult to see what was going on on the girl's side. Eventually he gathered that one of the greens had Impressed, most likely the aggressive one. Well, that was a relief. When he spotted the more playful green still wandering around he felt faintly worried but not terribly so. After a few seconds of watching the playful green he noticed some of the candidates looking back to the eggs. Realizing he must have missed something, Winderick searched the nest and quickly spotted a blue standing there. Where did he come from?

Two greens had hatched pretty much together. One of them had headed off towards the boys while the other came their way. Dezima felt that small flutter in her stomach that one of the dragons were coming their way again. She was so pretty! And then the second green, after a spectacular roll that landed her sitting and staring at the boys, decided to come their way as well. Two green beauties heading for them! Except, the one green was determined to find Hers. Dezima moved out of the way with some of the other girls as the green moved through until she did indeed find her bonded. The weyrbrat grinned in silent congratulations to the new bonded pair before her attention turned back to the second green. At the same time she glanced back towards her, a flash of blue back by the eggs caught her attention. Ooooh! It was another blue! She caught herself just grinning stupidly at the successful hatching of yet another dragon.

What happened? Did one of them Impress? Rufet tried to peer around the taller Candidates. He couldn’t see, but he wasn’t about to move from his spot! All he knew was that there were two greens in the vicinity of the girls; whether or not they Impressed was lost to him.

The movement on the Sands caught his attention. Oh! Another one! Rufet watched the blue dragonet eagerly, his attention focused on him only because it was the dragonet the small Candidate could see. But... what was he doing? Rufet chewed his lip nervously. Wasn't he supposed to head towards one of the groups? The other dragonets did. Nervously, Rufet looked up to Yirath then down to the blue dragonet, watching and waiting.

He thought he spotted the first green walking off the sands with a girl from the corner of his eyes. Good for them. No screaming, so he assumed no one had been hurt. Now it was just the blue dragon under countless pairs of eyes. Did one count the dragons too? Perhaps, they were watching as well. Your move, he thought at the blue.
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Emkin gave a congratulation smile as the lucky girl. Such beautiful dragons, both of them. She realized now, that there was another dragonet waiting on the sands. A sweet little blue. How gentlemanly to let the ladies go first. She suppressed a giggle and continued to watch him.

Oh, good, another blue! Mal had been glad when the green had moved on to the girls, and was almost as glad when the blue moved on to survey the boys. This one gave away very little, though, where his clutchmates had mostly had very obvious, strong personalities. The only thing clear about this dragonet was that it was keenly intelligent, that it knew what it was looking for. But what was that, exactly? And would he find it at all?

That was not good, the blue lingering on the sands like that. Halifanth craned her neck further, watching him so intently that her tail had stopped moving at all.

You're going to fall, Eliaza warned her, though the green was in no real danger of doing so.

I will never fall, the dragon insisted. But I worry, Mine. He is so slow. There are many there, waiting for him. He must choose, he must choose. We cannot be alone.

The same worry had begun to creep over Eliaza, the longer he took about choosing one of the candidates on the sands. They couldn't afford to lose any of the hatchlings, not this time around. Not with Yirath so ... well. They couldn't afford to lose a single one. He'll be fine, Hali. Just wait. You'll see. She hoped.

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The rest of the dragonets had been so sure about who they wanted, that this meandering blue had more than one candidate looking nervously at his neighbor, and Cormeric was no exception. Brow furrowing and his until-now broad smile a little dimmed, he watched the blue inspect the ranks, so to speak, looking between the hatchling and the boys who looked most nervous or the ones who had suddenly stopped fidgeting. Was that it? Had he chosen? But, no, he moved on again, and Cormeric's fingers twitched toward crossing. The blue had to pick someone...