Clutch- 10 eggs -- Minerva Weyr: Hatching Sands

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Subject: Clutch- 10 eggs

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Shetanth

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Date Posted: 05:29:42 08/05/02 Mon

Her nose nudged each of the eggs into position as the sun rose higher into the sky. It had been little effort to hatch them but even Minerva's queen was shocked by how few this time. Last time was around 24, now it was only 10.
Faceted orbs scrutinize each egg in turn. She saves her most intent look for last, the small golden egg.
Wouldn't be a grandly large queen. It would be a queen nonetheless.
The rest of the eggs held absolutely no hint of their contents. There was no big green as before. Nor would their be the bickering from the humans about it.
Shetanth hadn't said so or thought so to her rider but humans could get so petty and not be happy with what they received.
Each of her offspring of the last had chosen well. The only disappointment was that many of those pairs had flown to other Weyrs and likely would never be seen again. The only contentment was that all of them would fly against Thread for all PERN one day.

The gold queen settles into the sand. Her wedged head positioned carefully beside the small gold egg. She sees Basoth up on a ridge and sends a contented thought before drowsing a little after the night's work.

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