Black Unicorn (Dragonflight)
“The fire lit in her cinnabar fireplace for the night was still glowing when she woke to Lizra standing by the bed with a tray of food, already clad in a wild white gown with feathered sleeves. "Salute the day!" said Lizra, just as Jaive had made her sorcerous portrait do.However, the sun rising on the many different trees and statues, and over the limpid pools of the garden, was a marvelous sight. The gardeners were going about uncovering the plants and shrubs. Some had been left to brave the cold; their blooms were frostbitten and black, but already new buds were breaking, and by noon everything would be in flower. Wading birds fished in the ponds."Do you think there could be such a thing as a unicorn?" asked Lizra."Do you?""I don't know where you come from," said Lizra, "no, I don't want to know. But probably you haven't heard the city legends. There are two. One says the unicorn founded the city. It was carried ashore on a great wave, and where it touched the earth with its horn a ...magic well was formed that became the source of all the waters of the city.MoreLess
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