The Peregrine scudded across the sky over King's End like a sleek little cloud, her sails carefully set to catch the blustery Flowerbirth winds without losing control to the mischievous cross gusts that occasionally cut across her bow.
They had launched by midmorning after the sun had risen on a new year, two men and a dragon packed into the small skyship as it began its several-day journey around the northern leg of the Draig and then south again to the mountain range's eastern slopes. From there they tacked a zigzag, cutting north and south but always moving east as they canvassed the region from the sky, looking across the barrows and meadows for signs of...
Well, Tal wasn't sure what to expect. Blasted furrows and a couple of craters, maybe? He'd never seen a fallen star (Ronin excepted) up close before, and there was no guarantee the lights had even been stars.
"See anythin'?" Tal called to Sah from his place at the tiller, hands firmly on the wheel as he fought to keep the boat steady against the unpredictable weather. It was only the third time he'd asked in the past three hours, which he felt was quite reasonable under the circumstances.
They had launched by midmorning after the sun had risen on a new year, two men and a dragon packed into the small skyship as it began its several-day journey around the northern leg of the Draig and then south again to the mountain range's eastern slopes. From there they tacked a zigzag, cutting north and south but always moving east as they canvassed the region from the sky, looking across the barrows and meadows for signs of...
Well, Tal wasn't sure what to expect. Blasted furrows and a couple of craters, maybe? He'd never seen a fallen star (Ronin excepted) up close before, and there was no guarantee the lights had even been stars.
"See anythin'?" Tal called to Sah from his place at the tiller, hands firmly on the wheel as he fought to keep the boat steady against the unpredictable weather. It was only the third time he'd asked in the past three hours, which he felt was quite reasonable under the circumstances.
