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Hearing news of a Candidate exchange being done between the two Weyrs had intrigued C'ryn. He had only ever known High Reaches Weyr, although his mother had a brother who was at Western and his twin half-brothers were there as candidates. He didn't know if the idea of the exchange really bothered him, leaving his home weyr was something he had never thought about doing and he wondered if he had stayed a Candidate, if he would have joined the exchange and gone. All of that didn't matter though, not since had had managed to impress and at a bronze at that.

Aresoth had gotten larger and needed oiling and bathing quiet a lot. It also took time, C'ryn had been prepared for that. He had helped his father with Gareth when he was younger, so the task wasn't that daunting to him. The bronze sat with his eyes watching the Candidate's as they climbed onto dragons to whisk them away to the other weyr. C'ryn could feel a slight distaste for what they were doing, but also there was a sense of knowing it was needed. Perhaps Candidate's were hard to search for out in Western and more fighters were always needed to combat the Enemy. Did it truly matter where the candidate's came from and Impressed when truly the Weyr's should work together? Even if Western was backward with a green rider as their Weyrwoman. At least they had the sense to have a bronzerider as theyr Weyrleader.

C'ryn shook his head free of Aresoth's own thoughts as he continued to lather up the soap on him. He heard Jynnat's words and he smiled some. "You and Aresoth are certainly of the same opinion. Even if he does believe that more fighters in the sky is better then a dragonnet betweening because they cannot find theirs." It was a practical view, one that he and his dragon seemed to always share.

Jynnat moved to the spot indicated and scrubbed with a will. Begath gave a sigh of pleasure as his itchy spot was duly scrubbed. He gave a chirp of greeting to Aresoth. She glared at Trickster as he sent a splash her way. At the sound of a nearby voice, she looked up. Not far away was C'ryn and his young bronze. Apparently his rider had heard her mutter. She was gratified that the bronze agreed with her feelings and gave him a nod.

"Well I suppose. I just can't help feel that they are trying to steal our good candidates y'know? Why would they offer an exchange otherwise. Can't they train their own?" Granted a candidate was a long ways away from a trained weyrling or even full grown dragon. Jynnat felt that the training High Reaches gave their candidates was far superior to what the other weyrs gave. She frowned in thought. If they impressed down there, then they wouldn't be here for the next clutch. New candidates would have to be gathered and trained up to replace them. Then again, if they were even considering that Western might be better, perhaps High Reaches was better off without them?

Jynnat looked up from her scrubbing at another blue weyrling and wrinkled her nose at R'gan's question. "Why? As if it isn't obvious. They want our better trained candidates for themselves! They can't be bothered with it. What better way to snag them than have them impress to one of their dragons." She shook her head, "so let them go search for their own candidates! They have searchriders don't they?"

The blue perked his head up as Basanuth joined in. What if they are trying to steal our candidates? We will have to sweep in and rescue them! Immediately he began to formulate plans of rescue, each become more complicated than the last. The blue gave an excited twirl in the water, nearly swamping his rider. "Begath!" Jynnat yelped, now sopping wet. She straightened with as much dignity as she could muster, "but they aren't asking assistance are they R'gan? They're suckering our candidates in and trying to woo them to their ways!" She put a hand on her tip triumphantly.