B'nik and Tullea appear over Bay Head, near Benden Weyr. They are looking for Lorana, and also giving Tullea's dragon, Minith, some needed excercise and practice with reference points. Minith is near her time to rise to mate. They find Lorana, unconcious on the beach. K'tan and Kindan meet B'nik and Tullea when they arrive at the Weyr, and take her from them. Kindan asks about her fire-lizards, but B'nik tells him there was no sign of them. Within a sevenday, Lorana had recovered almost comletely, but Valla was getting even weaker, nearly lifeless. The next morning, Valla died.