F'nor flies straight back to the Weyr, necessary because of his still-healing arm. He uses the time for reflection. He had noticed widespread signs of Threadscoring, but no signs of burrow. The ground-crew had reported to him that they had so little to do, they resented being pulled from their labors in the small fishing settlement most of them were from. F'nor reflects on the Oldtimers' conservativeness and parochiality. Canth saw her, but did not report it to F'nor, since she moved along.