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A low rumble in greeting came from Saterth who was sitting on her stone bed. Lintana came out from behind her queen and smiled at Eisel.
"So I must say, our dragons have excelent timing!" She patted Saterth's haunches and walked up to Eisel.
"The last three times Saterth has layed, she had an average 47 eggs and at least one queen in each batch. And if I remember correctly, Saterth and Umbrielth came from the same queen, Arglenth. So I am guessing that Umbrielth will have about the same number. Thats about 94 eggs with at least two queens, hatching within days of each other. I'm not sure that Cove Weyr and Cove Hold will be able to supply that many on Search."
Lintana smiled and looked straight into Eisels eyes. "Lately in the Weyr council there have been talk of creating another Weyr here on our contantent since Cove Weyr has been doing so well. Plus, with J'rel back and in charge of the council once again, the council is feeling...rather invincible. And I want you and Umbrielth to be the senior queen of the new weyr. So I am going to be giving you more of my own tasks to help you prepare. Your first task, is to devise a way to deal with the lack of would be riders for Search." Lintana's smile widened as she awaited Eisles answer.

Lintana felt that she should put an arm around Eisel in comfort but decided against it. Lintana was not one for contact from anyone but J'rel and their dragons. Instead Lintana turned around and headed to a clump of four chairs near Saterth. She motioned for Eisel to sit.
"I've also been making a list of riders I would like to go with you and assist you. Of course we can only send a limited amound seeing as how the other contentant will want to send their own riders. And this is only a very very rough draft. It will be at least another season before the council will even pick a spot to start let alone carve into the rocks to make the weyr. But your training must start immediatly."

Eisel sat at the suggestion and blinked at Lintana owlishly, trying to force the mounting inquisitiveness back in the corner of her mind it had come from. She settled for just absorbng whatever Lintana had to say all at once. After a moment, she nodded uncertainly. "'Kay," she replied, reaching instinctively for Umbrielth's mind. Are you getting all this? she inquired, reassured slightly by Umbrielth's obvious surprise. "What do you want me to do?" she inquired of the Weyrwoman, rather at a loss as to what else to say.

Eisel headed for Umbrielth in a daze, but was stopped short by the keening that filled the entire weyr. She winced as the grief struck her telepathically through her dragon, and struggled to push it away to a more manageable level as she settled herself on Umbrielth's back. The dragoness seemed not to notice for a moment, but then, very slowly, she lifted herself and pushed off, taking them back to their weyr with long, slow sweeps of the golden wings. Eisel staggered off and glanced at Umbrielth, noting the sorrowful color of her eyes. She sighed and ran a hand through her hair, unsure what exactly was expected of her now.

OoC|| Does this death have any significance, or was it just thrown in there to add some kind of action?

Z'Arian leaned against a wall as Vrätoth flooded his emotions with the bad news. He'd been through a few dragon deaths before, but this one was very strong. His best guess, it was an important event that would not go by without a lot of notice. He leaned against an the outside wall standing on the ledge as he awaited Esiel's return and Vrätoth curled up and watched the sky absently.

Z'Arian shoved off the wall, and took a bit of a running start, and leaped over to Eisel's ledge. He sat down next to her and wrapped his arm gently around her shoulders. He pulled her tightly to him and stroked her arm with his other hand. "You alright love? Anything you want to talk about? I know it must be hard for you. Feel free to talk, cry, whatever you need. I'm here." He kissed her forehead softly and held her tight.

OoC|| Wow. Uhm...Eisel's rambling could be interpreted in some weird ways, so I'd like to clarify that she's just rambling about how he wasn't really old enough to be any kind of realistic father figure. And that she only saw him that way because she was freaked out at the time.