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"He'd've hidden anything of value, Jaythen," Arella said to the older wherhandler, not attempting to keep her sense of derision from her voice.

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Zist proceeded to describe the wedding between Silstra, the daughter of Danil, one of the miners -- in fact, the sole remaining wherhandler at Camp Natalon -- and a Smithcrafter named Terregar.

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"Your oath was to teach her and be harper, not to become a wherhandler."

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"But I'm going to be a wherhandler now," Kindan answered sourly.

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"Well, oiling a dragon is a big part of my job, so I could see that a wherhandler would spend a lot of his time washing his watch-wher — which might explain your miner's confusion."

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He had known that becoming the wherhandler had meant that he couldn't remain Master Zist's apprentice, but he had hoped to always be able to find time to perform with the Harper.

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"I'll be sure to have my sweep riders stop by and get acquainted with Resk," M'tal told the old wherhandler.

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"I'm sure I'll love being a wherhandler and I'll get to stay with my friends."

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Over the course of the next several days, Nuella and J'lantir engaged in countless discussions about the best ways to train the watch-wher, and the vocabulary that was needed to communicate meaningfully between wherhandler and watch-wher.

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"I doubt the bonds between watch-wher and wherhandler are as strong as that between dragon and rider, but the loss must be pretty hard regardless."

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