Draconic Logic
Dragonsfall Weyr
Amber Hills Hold
Vintner Hall
Healer Hall
Hidden Meadows
Dolphin Cove Weyr
Dolphin Hall
Emerald Falls Hold
Harper Hall
Printer Hall
Green Valley Hold
Leeward Lagoon Hold
Barrier Lake Weyr
Sunstone Seahold
Citrus Bay Hold
Writers: Sia, Yvonne
Date Posted: 20th February 2026
Characters: Aydhara, Thiseta
Description: Thiseta congratulates one of the new blueriders.
Location: Barrier Lake Weyr
Date: month 13, day 25 of Turn 12
Thiseta and Imbeth watched from their ledge as Tymborikath’s newest clutch tumbled from the Weyrling Barracks on their way to the lake’s edge. They were clumsy, fat and adorable, and Thiseta felt her heart go out to them.
}:They are not as good as mine,:{ Imbeth whispered in her mind, }:Although they will be very fine dragons some day.:{
**They will.** Thiseta’s eyes narrowed thoughtfully as she tracked the little blues across the beach. Aydhan’s daughter and the girl from Dolphin Cove were the latest women to Impress a blue. It was surprising, curious" and she was delighted that two women had Impressed at _her_ Weyr, even if it wasn’t from Imbeth’s clutch. **Why them, do you think?**
}:They were right for Rath and Saejith,:{ Imbeth replied.
Thiseta snorted at the typically draconic answer. No one knew why any dragon chose the person they Impressed, but the girls were an even deeper mystery. On impulse, she reached back out to Imbeth. **Tell Rath that we will meet him and Aydhara by the lake. I want to speak with them.**
}: We're already at the lake. :{ Rath answered. He shook the water off from his hide and waddled back onto the shore.
**Who are you talking to?**
}: Imbeth. She's coming to see us. :{
Oh. Aydhara tried to brush the sand and dirt from her clothes and fix her braids before the Weyrwoman got there. She looked equal parts filthy and half-drowned from Rath's bath.
}: You look great. :{ Rath said with the finality of someone who could not have any other opinion. }: Hello, Imbeth! You are much bigger than Tymborikath.:{
**Rath!**
Aydhara tried to smile politely despite her blue. "Hi, Thiseta. Rath said you wanted to see me?"
“I did.” Thiseta slid down from Imbeth’s neck as the gold dragon lowered her head to get a better view of the dragonet. “I wanted to congratulate you and Rath. You make a fine pair.”
}:Tymborikath is larger than I,:{ Imbeth agreed amicably. }:And you, although you are big for a blue dragonet.:{
}: I am! :{ Rath said proudly, puffing out his round chest. }: I am the biggest one of my clutchmates. :{
"Oh, thank you. We are." Aydhara agreed proudly. "He's just the best."
“He really is.” Thiseta studied him speculatively, but saw an ordinary blue dragonet before her. “Your mother mentioned that you hoped to Impress a blue dragon instead of a green one, and your instincts were certainly right. How did you know?”
"Mom probably also told you I inherited her stubbornness." Aydhara said. "I wanted a blue the minute I heard Kadira Impressed. I did everything I could after that. Thinking real hard at the clutches. Visiting Tymborikath when she had a clutch…" It wasn't 'sneaking in' if the gold didn't care, right? "My parents and the Weyrlingstaff kept telling me that if I keep so adamant about getting a blue, the greens might 'hear' it and decide to skip over me. So maybe that worked?" Aydhara frowned a little in thought. She kept saying she _would_ have loved a green if one wanted her, and she still thought that, but would a green have had to push past all the thoughts about Impressing blue and still decided she was right?
"And I went to Dragonsfall and Dolphin Cove and met the other blueriders too. They didn't have great revelations about why they Impressed blue either. I think Cirina is the only one that doesn't like girls at all, but I don't think there's enough of us yet to make any assumptions on that front. Unless you count all the men that Impress green, I guess."
“Hmm.” She narrowed her eyes speculatively at Rath. Still an ordinary dragonet. If he was keeping secrets, she was certainly no closer to divining them. Something had changed, or was changing… or evolving into something new. Perhaps new rules and truths would need to be crafted for the new Pern after all. “Well, whatever you did certainly persuaded Rath. I’m so glad that you Impressed him, Aydhara.”
Rath seemed to notice the eyes on him, and he paused in his snuffling around Imbeth's feet to crane his head back and stare at the women. }: Why does everyone keep asking? You're mine because I said so, and I'm always right.:{
"Me too." Aydhara said proudly, though she shot the blue a pleased, self-important grin. "He says he picked me because he's always right, if that helps."
Imbeth snorted in amusement.
“Such draconic logic,” Thiseta said dryly. “Well, welcome to the Wings, Aydhara. I’ll let you get back to your classes.”
Last updated on the February 28th 2026