Robinton and Falloner arrive at the Weyr. There they meet Stolla, headwoman of the Lower Caverns at the Weyr. Falloner shows Robinton around the Weyr. Robinton sees the Weyr archives, and observes that many of the records are very poorly cared-for. They then visit the Hatching Grounds (empty at the time). Falloner tells him about how the eggs develop, and tells him that S'loner had informed him that, once a very long while, a dragonet dies in the shell. They talk about the return of Thread. Falloner pointed out that there had been Long Intervals before [note: actually only a single Long Interval, but it seems that it had gotten confused at some point among the Pernese themselves, and they came to believe there had been more than one], but none where all six Weyrs weren't present.