Dragonsinger
“Swiftborn, dreambound and rudderless; Her captain and crew are me.
I sail a hundred sleeping tides Where no seaman’s ever been And only my white-winged craft and I Know the marvels we have seen.
THE NEXT DAY did not start propitiously for Menolly. Her sleep was broken by shrieks: Dunca’s, the girls, and the fire lizards. Dazed, Menolly at first tried to calm the fire lizards swooping about the room, but Dunca, standing in the doorway, would not be quiet; and her terror, whether assumed ...or real, only stimulated the fire lizards into such aerial acrobatics that Menolly ordered them all out the window.
This only changed the tone of Dunca’s screams because the woman was now pointing at Menolly’s nudity until she could snatch up the discarded shirt and cover herself.
‘And where were you all night?’ Dunca demanded in a sobbingly angry voice. ‘How did you get in? When did you get in?’ ‘I was here all night.MoreLess
I sail a hundred sleeping tides Where no seaman’s ever been And only my white-winged craft and I Know the marvels we have seen.
THE NEXT DAY did not start propitiously for Menolly. Her sleep was broken by shrieks: Dunca’s, the girls, and the fire lizards. Dazed, Menolly at first tried to calm the fire lizards swooping about the room, but Dunca, standing in the doorway, would not be quiet; and her terror, whether assumed ...or real, only stimulated the fire lizards into such aerial acrobatics that Menolly ordered them all out the window.
This only changed the tone of Dunca’s screams because the woman was now pointing at Menolly’s nudity until she could snatch up the discarded shirt and cover herself.
‘And where were you all night?’ Dunca demanded in a sobbingly angry voice. ‘How did you get in? When did you get in?’ ‘I was here all night.MoreLess
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