Wind Blossom awoke from a dream involving her mother, Kit Ping Yung, telling her she was a disappointment to her. She was awoken by the sound of a dragon. She is at the College (later known as Harper Hall). There is an emergency which requires her assistance. A new trainee fetches her, calling her "My lady", an appelation, along with "lord", which had been growing in popularity among the younger generation. Weyrleader M'hall has brought a boy to the College who was injured in an attack by a watch-wher. The young boy is the last person on Pern to be treated with sutures and antibiotics.