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It was early in the morning. Other weyrlings were getting up and getting ready for the day. A'no and Hivapath had a lesson this morning. Except A'no was having a bit of trouble this morning. He stood with his hands on his hips staring at irritation at the brown lump in the wallow.

"Hivapath! Get up. We are going to be late and Weyrlingmaster shall be cross with us!" The dragon however just groaned and lifted his wing over his head. Go on without me. I don't feel like getting up. A'no heaved an exasperated sigh. He wasn't leaving without his dragon.

A’no looked up startled when a young green joined him in looking at Hivapath. “Uh hello.” He looked around for her rider. He hadn’t expected help. Hivapath was his dragon and his responsibility. It was up to him to be sure they got to their lessons on time.

Hivapath for his part, lazily lifted his head, and stared malevolently at his green sister. The lesson is for my rider, not me. If there truly is anything of interest to me, he would pass it along. The brown had a careless disregard for authority, A’no knew. It was up to him to instill a bit of respect for that authority, and he had the patience to do so.

“You are being lazy. The other weyrlings will be there. It will look bad upon us.” A’no wracked his brain for something that might motivate the brown to budge from his wallow. He wasn’t going to offer rewards just to get him, for that would promote the bad behavior. What punishment would he respect enough to care? It was hard when the dragon didn’t care what might be meted out to him.

He glanced at the green hopefully. Maybe she would have some ideas?


WC: 201