Keevan ponders his mothers words about the ways of dragons. She believes that they seek goodness, patience, courage, honesty and a flexible mind when choosing their rider. Keevan briefly dares to dream of Impressing a bronze dragon. A bronze dragonrider could aspire to becoming a weyrleader! Keevan would even settle for a green dragon. They were small like himself. Keevan feels that he must Impress a dragon his first time to the Hatching Ground.