Shadows And Shades (Adventures in the Liaden Universe®)
“And arrived, over and over, full seconds after the branch gave way and the tiny body plummeted down.... He opened his eyes—not too far—and swallowed as the dim light assaulted him. Lashes drooping, he took careful stock. The dream—it had somehow become the dream of late it seemed—was both frequent and bothersome enough that he'd considered once or twice taking it to the Healers. On other mornings, those not quite so fraught with physical complaints, his considerations had alwa...ys led him to reject the notion that the dream was prophetic, for hadn't he been tested by the dramliz, several times over, at the order of the Delm-in-Keeping as well as at the order of his mother? And the dream never gave face to child, nor location to tree or cliff.... The dramliz tests were remarkably similar to the piloting tests—somehow he always managed to fail without knowing exactly what it was expected of him. Of course the wizards claimed they weren't expecting anything of him, but neither his mother nor anyone else seemed pleased by the results—not fast enough for pilot, nor possessed of whatever something the dramliz probed for— Well, and he had long ago understood that neither the Clan's ships nor the Clan's allies among the Healers or the dramliz would provide his sustenance, and he had begun casting about for what he could do to support himself, for he was a young man, holding in full measure all the stubborn pride of his House.MoreLess
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