All punishments were dealt with on a saturday evening at 7pm directly after finishing dinner and cleaning up the dishes,durring the week,from sunday t...ll friday when we misbehaved our deeds would be recorded on the board,by either our mother or father so that we would know that we were in for it.each week no matter how much my sisters and i tried to behave,we would always get something wrong and be punished for it.upon cleaning after dinner on saturday night,my sisters and myself would. Kieren was always comfortable with his nakedness on the Long Ship. Why not, Iona knew the small cabin to be his personal space? He did not adjust his habits to accommodate her. His body was perfect in every way, all of it. Even his scars seemed beautiful. Often she had dreamed of how he would feel under her hands, the feel of his skin stretched over muscle. His hair was always wet after he washed. He would raise his arms to dry it with a cloth. Iona liked the look of his arms. He could handle. They acted very skittish around me, but as we made our trip to the jumpgate and they were able to recover some of their normal spirit, they bugged me endlessly about how everything on the ship worked. Finally, to prevent them from taking up all of my time with questions, I had Crystal design a teaching course on how ships like MARY’S DREAM worked, how to pilot it, its weapons, etcetera. By some unspoken agreement between them, Daniella focused on piloting and interstellar law, while Erene. Soon the raiders were turning to escape. When quiet returned a couple of women built up the fire as I moved to check my horses. Only two horses from clan Cnoss were injured and they were not hurt that bad. The only ones injured or killed were the raiders.As I saddled the horses and packed up, a warrior brought my arrows to Craig who came to return them, “You are a worthy companion Lan.”I smiled and accepted the arrows before checking them and then replacing them in the quiver. I swung up into.