Discussion on NewEarth
Pitfalls
What are the challenges that Heron and Grabon face while trying to establish a territory that includes humans as well as dragons? How do they attract dragons to live side by side with humans when most dragons view humans as beasts? How do they keep humans when most of them live in fear of the…
Read MoreGrabon’s Visitors
In Gordon’s Pride, Monna visits and is sent out of the territory for breaking the rules. In Heron’s Bonds she returns. I do not want to say more on the subject, but she is treated far differently than the five other friends who come to visit. It is custom among dragons that an unknown visitor…
Read MoreEducation
Dragons leave the nest at fifteen cycles after learning the basics, flying to other territories to learn as much as possible. More on that will be evident as the next stories unfold, but the humans are different. In the colonies and developed settlements they have schools for young people. In less developed places, it is…
Read MoreStandards
Humans like to set standards, especially on NewEarth where survival is difficult and a struggle. Those who fall outside the standard with too much or too little are generally set to the side. Gordon has too much strength both physically and psychically. Heron is not only companion to a dragon, he survived a tragedy that…
Read MoreWhy Deceive
In order to keep a low profile, Heron had to play the pet or he might have been hunted for sport in one of the territories. Worse, he and Grabon would have been separated. As long as Grabon was not mature, they could not risk Heron being seen as an equal. The same is true…
Read MoreGrabon’s Territory
How is it that humans know so little about the dragons? Well, the dragons were not inclined to make contact with lesser beasts that came from off planet unless they posed a danger to the planet itself. The dragons observed the humans from a distance. Yes that meant that the humans had a glimpse of…
Read MoreGuests and visitors
Most of us have a language distinction that we use to indicate company that joins us in our lives and those who expect us to cater to their needs. Whether our friends hang out while others visit or we have guests and visitors, it all amounts to the same thing. Some people are close enough…
Read MoreJenny
Why is her speech undeveloped when Heron finds her and Trissy? She is four cycles, between seven and eight earth years, yet her speech is poorly pronounced. First, different children develop at different ages, but also while they have been traveling there were few opportunities to practice her speech. Some tasks she is independent with,…
Read MoreHeron’s Bonds
One of my favorite parts of the story is not a big dramatic event, but rather Grabon’s attitude toward Trissy and Jenny. Being companions with Heron is obviously important, so establishing some form of bond with his mate and child must have been incredibly important. He manages well, but it could not have been easy.
Read MoreTad and Hess
If you remember the brothers, Gordon’s cousins from Gordon’s Pride, they come with a cattle wagon to take Karn and Mazy back to the first colony. They are born Farmers, but that is not their only skills. They buy and trade things with the smugglers and produce things, like paper books. They are both adults,…
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