in a flowing script that stretches neatly from one edge of the hide to the other is written:

It's true, Dolphincraft has seen many changes over the last few months. One of which is my promotion first to Master, and then to Craftmaster. No one was more shocked than I.

Then came the Turns End Gather at Ista Hold, which also celebrated the end of this Pass. Wow, I've never seen so many people gathered in one place before. And Rynna thought I was going to 'mingle' why exactly? Oh, right, because I'm the CraftMaster for our craft. I probably would have stayed longer but something came up with my son Mitraint.

Yes, I've finally realized that he has to be mine. After all, Ihiske and I argued about that plenty of times before the boy arrived. My fosterling has joined Dolphincraft, which seemed to make her exceedingly happy. Wonder how happy she will be when I tap her as my apprentice?

In other news, I still have to corner Keltillos and send him back to Southern. He's going to retire as Craftsecond whether he likes it or not, at his age he should not have to deal with the stress of helping to run a craft of any kind. Let him worry about running his beloved Southern hall and leave the running of the Dolphincraft to those that are younger and better able to live with the stress.

Mailli