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It had been a few days since the disastrous first thread fall - they had been hard days for everyone involved..not only was there was good deal of mourning still going but the wounded had to be looked after and the question of who could and would lead the next inevitable fall was still up in the air.

Mercy was trying hard not to think about such things however - she'd determined that when there wasn't anything to be done about a problem then it was best to work on the things you could help with and with her background in healing she could help the wounded with all the aftercare they would require in order to mend properly - and it was ever so important that they did, the Weyr and Pern would need all the dragonriders they could get now that thread had returned.

'I have told Kameth that you are coming to check on their wounds' Aerith told her as she made her way towards the blueriders Weyr. 'Thanks Aerith' Mercy responded thankfully as the weyr came into sight and she called out in greeting - even though Aerith had already foretold the occupants of their arrival, it was only polite.

"Hello!, Wykla, Kameth? Are you in?"

"Hey Boreal" Mercy greeted the bronze as he met her at the entrance only a few moments after she heard Wykla call out. It was a good thing that Aerith was keeping Sunny occupied at the moments else the gold would likely be here and adding to the commotion that was Wykla's fair of flits.

Following the tiny pack she made her way quickly to the blue dragons wallow. "Hey Wykla, Kameth" She greeted them as they came into view, rather glad to see that both of them were resting - some of the wounded were starting to get restless and it was becoming almost more of a chore to keep them from over exerting themselves then it was to tend to their wounds. It was good to see them feeling better of course but difficult to convince them that it was still better to keep activity to a minimum until they were fully healed. For most of them she'd started relenting and allowing them small bits of exercises. Today if Wykla and Kameth looked well perhaps she could let them do the same - it would be dull and disheartening she knew to be cooped up in a Weyr and morale at times like this was almost as important as physical health. Depressed sad people just didn't seem to heal as well or as quickly as those who were a bit more positive.

"How are you guys feeling today?"

"Can't really blame him for that" Mercy agreed with a smile towards the blue dragon "Can't blame either of you actually, I think I would go batty myself" She admitted before opening the jar of numbweed and pulling off the bandages that covered Wykla's back so that she could replace the pain numbing medication.

"Oh you know...some of them are complaining, some of them are whining, some of them are a bit depressed but most of them are healing and I expect that morale will improve as they are allowed to do more" She stated in a half joking - half serious manner. Dragonriders simply weren't used to sitting around doing nothing and most of them just didn't know how to handle all that down time.

"How is Kameth doing? The wound on his rump healing, the stitches in his wings might start to itch as they heal - you'll have to make sure he doesn't entice your flits to scratch at them to much..but if your back doesn't pull to much when you stand and he's not hurting to badly either I was thinking you guys could probably start taking some light walk's or at least get out in the sun a bit"

Knowing that Wykla's discomfort would ease as soon as the fresh numbweed was applied Mercy didn't waste much time in applying the fresh dose, she took only long enough to see how the wounds were healing before doing so. "Your backs looking much better" She assured the other girl - there would likely be scaring but that was almost a given when it came to thread but she didn't think there would be any long lasting problems with the muscles or anything, Kameth must have taken them between in good time - before the thread had had a chance to do some really horrible damage, damage like she had seen on some of the more seriously wounded among the riders.

Having applied the fresh numbweed she replaced the bandages so the healing wound's would stay clean. Infection was the biggest worry with most of the thread scored at this point. "Well if your feeling up to it I think you can probably start getting out and about as long as you take it easy and make sure not to lift anything overly heavy or twist around to much and pull on the wounds"

"No it will probably be a while before you can sleep on your back" Mercy agreed with a bit of sympathy, she recalled from back in her time as a healers apprentice the plight of pregnant women as they got closer to the end and could no longer find comfortable positions to lay in. It had always been hard on them and while the cause wasn't the same here the effect was. No one really thought about little things like the way you liked to sleep until you couldn't anymore and those little things tended to have a fairly large effect on a person's mood and morale.

"But you are healing and that's the main thing, it won't be to much longer" She assured her friend, rising as she did "No problem, I'd rather come and visit with you then some of the grumpier riders" She stated with a slight chuckle "But come on..I'm sure your sick of staring at these walls and I'm sure Kameth wouldn't mind a bask in the sunlight either" She stated heading towards the weyr entrance. "I think some of the candidates are having some sort of lesson today - might be amusing to watch, most of them are pretty new and havne't been around the dragons much yet"

Mercy gave Kameth a sympathetic look as he grumbled about his possibly ruined nap "Aerith is sunning by my Weyr, I'm sure some quiet company wouldn't be turned away if you'd rather" She offered the blue "Such a short easy flight shouldn't bother his wounds any" She assured Wykla as they continued into the sun, after the soft shady lighting of the weyr she had to shade her eyes slightly against the sun. It was certainly a nice day to sit outside.

Turning her attention back to Wykla she smiled slightly "You know how some of the older riders are" She agreed "They complain about the sun when it shines and the clouds when it doesn't"