Dragonfriend
“The mile-wide fourth and lowest band of terrace lakes, buttressed by mighty dam walls only the Ancient Dragons knew how to build, was home to a vast cornucopia of bird life which loved the violet-tufted reed beds and towering, impenetrable bamboo forests, and filled with the silverback trout famed throughout the region. An optical illusion made the far side of the unspoiled lake appear to run right into the Cloudlands, giving an impression of infinite distance. Warmly tinted in an awe-inspiring... palette of colours, the evening was without equal.
Why a soul-lost sadness to darken such a day?
Hualiama sat on a grassy knoll overlooking this tableau, and hugged her knees to her chest. Grandion and Flicker bathed at the lakeside, the deft dragonet engaged–with much lip-smacking and trills of happiness–in plucking mites from beneath Tourmaline Dragon’s scales and gobbling them down.
The song of her heart was a haunting ballad: Alas for the far shores, my heart, my third heart, Alas for the stars, illuming thy doom, Let my soul take wing upon dawn’s twin fires … And fly to thee.MoreLess
Why a soul-lost sadness to darken such a day?
Hualiama sat on a grassy knoll overlooking this tableau, and hugged her knees to her chest. Grandion and Flicker bathed at the lakeside, the deft dragonet engaged–with much lip-smacking and trills of happiness–in plucking mites from beneath Tourmaline Dragon’s scales and gobbling them down.
The song of her heart was a haunting ballad: Alas for the far shores, my heart, my third heart, Alas for the stars, illuming thy doom, Let my soul take wing upon dawn’s twin fires … And fly to thee.MoreLess
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