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When walking through the dark, remember that before is where the danger lurks, not behind.
She paused in turn, staring up at the great beast before her, who met her gaze with shimmering, unblinking green. There was emotion there, there was intelligence, though what she did see she could not name. And that is what terrified her all the more.
"I," she began, before backtracking again at the feeling of eyes watching her from the windows. "We, can make this right."
"And what shall you do?" The creature pressed, voice an amused purr. As if he took pleasure in her hesitance. In her fear.
"We'll dredge the river; clean out the trash. We'll hold a festival in your honor -like in the old days. With offerings to you in celebration of your return to the land." Her own voice surprised her with it's strength, even with the waver in her notes.
And the Dragon did not laugh at her for it. Instead he looked pleased, drawing back as if now satisfied with what he found, and for the first time since the beginning of their encounter, she felt as if she could breathe. "I shall hold you to your word, little mortal. See that it is done, and my blessings shall be unmatched. Fail me, and my wrath will be terror."
He turned then, stepping away so that he could take flight.
And he was magnificent; looping through the air as if he was made of nothing but the wind itself, before disappearing into the light of the moon.
Note: Here's an update for you all before I have to go start packing up my essentials -I'm getting a new apartment in the same city (so moving, technically, but not), and I'm going to be staying with my boyfriend while I get the down-payment settled and THEY get the unit move in ready.