Letters You pick up the sheaf of paper, and unfold the first piece of paper.  Trying to adjust your eyes to the low light, you squint at the writing, but Tarilan wordlessly offers you a glow.  You smile greatfully and begin to read. Dear Zephiria, I'm not sure whether I'm going to send this to you, and I'm horribly sorry that you didn't get Searched this time around.  However, there are second chances, and many gold and bronzeriders were found after they were passed up a first time.  I'm using my blue flit, Caaylin, to deliver this message (if I send it, of course).  He is named after, of course, Caaylin.  Tell her that I give her my love, and miss her terribly.  Does she have a new fosterling yet?  Does Candis have a new student?  I'm jealous of the first and pity the poor apprentice who gets assigned to Candis.  If you want to reply, Give Caaylin (the flit) some meat, and he'll stick around long enough for you to write a short message back.  If it's possible, make sure that you announce to someone that this is my blue flit whenever Candis is in the area, I can't wait to see what her reaction is!  Oh, the hatching should be soon, or so I hope! -Tarilan Dear Tarilan, You obviously sent the message, because I got it!  And you will never guess what happened!  Barnuil hooked back up with Candis, and they're making everyone's life a living Threadfall.  However, it is fun to watch that Journeyman smith going around pouting all the time after loosing Candis.  And I did say to one of the other apprentices that the blue was your's, while Candis was around.  She demands to know if you have anymore, and says that if she'd had a green or gold, she would of given you one of the eggs in a heartbeat.  In other words, she wants you to dig up a flit egg from somewhere and ship it up over here to her.  I told her "Yeah, right!"  However, she still thinks that you will.  Caaylin did get another fosterling, and Candis got another apprentice.  You won't believe who they are, though!  Barnuil is the Apprentice and I am now Caaylin's fosterling!  My other foster-mother was promoted to journeywoman.  So now we'd be foster-sisters.  Isn't it amazing?  Oh, and your mother came and made a huge appearnace to the masterweaver about how she always knew that you would be Searched and all of this sharding stuff.  Sorry for calling your mother that, but she came up with her other children (Ages 19, 16, 12, and 9), and tried to convince him to talk to the weyrwoman about having them all Searched.  However, your twelve turn old "sister" (If she is your sister), is being apprenticed, too.  By the way, is there a queen egg on the sands?  How is Baernil doing? -Zephiria. Dear Zephiria, I cannot believe that you are Caaylin's fosterling!  That is amazing.  And tell Candis yes, I do have another flit, it's also a blue.  And named after her, as a matter of fact.  My "mother."  Now there's a laugh.  I always knew that she was in the crafthall somewhere, I just couldn't figure out where, but now we know.  Wish my sister, if that is her, the best of luck.  There is a queen egg, and I'd bet anything that there's more than two bronzes!  Amazing, isn't it?  I'd love to Impress the queen, but I'm one of the youngest Candidates, and most higher-ranking Impressions are made at a higher age.  Having a dragon of any color would be lovely, and I wouldn't mind having a white, though!  Baernil is fine, but his nerves gave up on him and he's not going to try to Impress at this clutch.  Don't ask me why, I think that it's rather stupid, actually.  Please, write back as soon as you can, I'm terribly lonely! -Tarilan Dear Tarilan, I'm sorry that it took such a long time to reply, but I've been really busy.  A Searchrider came, and (Thank the Golden Faranth) took away Candis.  She has been driving everyone insane, as well as Barnuil.  I don't think that anyone is sad to see her go, except for maybe her own mother (although she did get a bit giddy on wine the day after Candis left).  Tell me what's happening as soon as you can! -Zephiria Dear Zephirira, Nothing much more has happened lately, although I've heard of a Weyr that's called Kiranor that I might be transferring to, if I Impress.  They're a new Weyr, and the Weyrwoman that's starting it all should already be retired.  They're letting some dragons enter their wings, and I'm probably going to, if I Impress, of course.  They already have one girl picked out whom they think will become the Weyrwoman, or Junior Weyrwoman.  Her name is Erilam, and she's a whiterider at Black Night Weyr.  Her dragon, Herminith (It's pronounced Here-my-nith), is still a weyrling, but everyone thinks that she's going to do well with it.  Well, I don't have any more time to write, so please reply! -Tarilan You look back up at Tarilan.  "I haven't gotten another response from her yet," She says abruptly.  "I should get one soon, though." Finished with reading, you turn back to the barracks.