'Marry'? [Lessa had never really felt that her position with F'lar was one of marriage.] My Ramoth and his Mnementh flew together and mated, which I suppose is about as close as one gets, in a Weyr. The eldest golden dragon determines the senior Weyrwoman, the dragon who mates the Gold becomes the Weyrleader. It's how it was always done. We certainly fight like we're married, [she admits with a fond bit of salt to her voice.]
[So many traditions on Pern. Some, she's lived her entire life without questioning. Others, she's openly derided with every waking chance. There are things that Dany says that perk Lessa's attention, like that plural 'dragons', but she will have to wait. Given the opportunity to talk about how foolish the leaders of Pern had become, she'll take it.]
A war can not, and that is the problem. We lasted four hundred with no sign, no scrap, only Harper tales to teach us about the danger of return of Threads. With all the Weyrs abandoned at the end of the last Fall it's as though every man decided to turn their backs on the remaining Weyr, Benden, as though they were safe forever. Foolish, short-sighted Lords.
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[So many traditions on Pern. Some, she's lived her entire life without questioning. Others, she's openly derided with every waking chance. There are things that Dany says that perk Lessa's attention, like that plural 'dragons', but she will have to wait. Given the opportunity to talk about how foolish the leaders of Pern had become, she'll take it.]
A war can not, and that is the problem. We lasted four hundred with no sign, no scrap, only Harper tales to teach us about the danger of return of Threads. With all the Weyrs abandoned at the end of the last Fall it's as though every man decided to turn their backs on the remaining Weyr, Benden, as though they were safe forever. Foolish, short-sighted Lords.