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It was such a ridiculous thing. Great big wings tucked at his side as they always were. Just as they always would be. A grounded dragon. There had never been anyone to teach him how to fly when he was living in Cairo. And no where for a dragon, as big as he was, to hide. So it had just been that tiny, helpless, human form he had for most of 28 years. No real opportunities to stretch his wings. No where he could go to be himself.
He was a legend who had never fulfilled his destiny. He had never even made his grand entrance. Wadjet's Dragon. The great dragon of Egypt.
Nothing but a giant lizard with useless wings and no fire.
How was he supposed to darken the sands with his shadow, if he could never get up to the sun? And how would he turn the desert to glass with no heat in his lungs?
Here in this tiny box, things were different. There were great, tall forests of trees he could hide in. Mountain caves for him to explore. And the harsh, beating sun of the desert never burned his fleshy skin. He changed in a clearing in the forest, and hesitantly, bracing his legs on the soft, leaf-covered ground, he stretched his large, powerful, useless wings.
He was a legend who had never fulfilled his destiny. He had never even made his grand entrance. Wadjet's Dragon. The great dragon of Egypt.
Nothing but a giant lizard with useless wings and no fire.
How was he supposed to darken the sands with his shadow, if he could never get up to the sun? And how would he turn the desert to glass with no heat in his lungs?
Here in this tiny box, things were different. There were great, tall forests of trees he could hide in. Mountain caves for him to explore. And the harsh, beating sun of the desert never burned his fleshy skin. He changed in a clearing in the forest, and hesitantly, bracing his legs on the soft, leaf-covered ground, he stretched his large, powerful, useless wings.
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"Yes, quite. Dragons can be quite intimidating. It also makes more sense now, how you'd be able to teach me."