Kindan, B'nik, and Lorana return from Fort Weyr. Lorana rushes to her weyr to reach her dragon as quickly as possible. K'tan was waiting for them in Lorana's quarters. After embracing Arith, she tells K'tan that they'd found something at Fort Weyr, a reference to special rooms. She comforts Arith, who tells her to go look for the rooms. Throughout the Fall, Lorana frequently shuddered, with Arith softly keening. Kindan counts over seventy dragons were injurd or lost between from her reactions.