But it hadn't exactly been fast enough for himself, so he would have to work his hardest even when he was extremely exhausted, even when he had those nightmares. Mint was getting him through those nights though, and the help from the mindhealer named Nimueh and her great brown Mharlith had gotten him to a place where he wasn't getting sick at night any longer, even if they'd been working at it slowly so he wasn't overwhelmed. Rizdax really enjoyed getting to see the big brown dragon and the way that he got to lean up against him from time to time, it made him far more comfortable to be even going to those sessions. It made it easier for him to breath and the nights after he went to see them he actually slept for quite a few hours before he woke up. Only time would tell how much better he would get. But until then he could clean and watch the weyrlings and smile, content to see them working hard and happy to know that it was only a matter of time before they took their places in the ranks.
Flipping the broom around expertly, spinning it in place over his arm, Riz put the top of the handle on the ground and leaned on it so that he could watch them as they took off on their dragons to glide about the bowl, it made him grin to see all of them out there. There were two egg heavy queens that were ready to clutch on the sands any time now, maybe in the future he would be joining them, gliding through the air on the back of a dragon that knew him in and out. It was his dream, to pay back High reaches, to fight Thread and burn it from the sky, to be connected to a being that knew him in and out.
Actually that last part was more horrifying that he was willing to admit, since Riz knew that there was a lot of him that a dragon would find wanting, especially after his talk with Nimueh. But he was working on it, one way or another he would find a way to stay at High Reaches and help, even if he daydreamed of dragons every time he was out cleaning and working through his duties, through his classes. A bugle made him look upward as a handful of dragons arrived, possibly from a flight drill or from a sweep. It felt good to be putting his classwork to good use finally as he stood back up straight again and began to sweep once more, keeping all the dragons in the Bowl in his peripheral as he did so.
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