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"Between" is universally described as a place of nothingness. Usually, for a dragon to teleport using its rider's directions, they stay in "between" for the time that it takes to cough three times. "Between" frequently causes cystitis and child-bearing problems in female dragonriders. Dragons also excrete while "between". Going "between" without proper coordinates is a frequent cause of death for inexperienced weyrlings. In Todd McCaffrey's Dragonsblood several make it out of between after they are lost. ''Between'' is characterized by extreme cold (far below zero) and induces near-total sensory deprivation in humans who travel through it on dragonback. Dragons and fire lizards share the ability to teleport ''between''. They deliberately use this ability to destroy any "Thread" organism which they come in contact with, as only fire or the extreme cold of ''between'' is capable of killing this parasite. Dragons are also capable of travelling ''between'' times, but this can only be used when they have a point of reference for that time, such as star positions. The White Dragon, Ruth, could travel between to any time without fail. Since its discovery, the knowledge of this ability has been restricted, and only Bronze dragons are permitted to utilise it under directions from the Weyrleaders, since they seem to have better control over ''timing it''. "Timing it" was known to many riders a long time ago, but, since Lessa and Ramoth brought the weyrs forward, it was kept a secret. |