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The wind at the edge of the world

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tasted of copper and ancient ash.

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Vraylor stood at the precipice of the high

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cliff, his talons gripping the warm, sun -baked

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stone.

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Below him, the vast mountain range rolled away

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like frozen waves of Titan's bone,

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swallowed gradually by the creeping indigo of dusk.

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He unfurled his massive wings, letting the frayed

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membranes catch the last violent gasps of daylight.

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Every ridge of his detailed scales ignited, burning

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in a brilliant mosaic of amber, crimson, and

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gold,

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as the sunset sky bled its final fires

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across the horizon.

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For centuries, this had been his domain, a

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solitary throne above the clouds

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where kings and kingdoms were nothing more than

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fleeting whispers in the wind.

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A sudden, sharp downdraft whipped against his chest,

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carrying the scent of rain and distant valleys.

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Vraylor closed his eyes, drawing a deep, shuddering

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breath of the thinning air,

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feeling the raw magic of the peaks pulse

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through his ancient veins.

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With a powerful sweep of his wings that

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shattered the silence of the high altitude,

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he cast himself off the ledge, plunging into

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the glowing abyss before soaring effortlessly into the

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gathering night.