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Spirited Away
Chihiro shut her eyes tightly at his words and the implication of them as they settled against her shoulders -against the weight of what they meant. "You were every story book I had ever read come to life -of course I wanted to believe in you. Who doesn't want a bit of magic to shake up all of this... normal? It feels almost like there isn't any real adventure left in the world -every place has been discovered, every road walked. Of course I wanted to believe in something more."
The dragon seemed to consider her words for a long moment, taking them as the confession they were.
"There are many more things than that in which you know. Many more wonders yet untouched by human hands." the dragon replied, a cool edge to his words. An attention that sent a shiver up her spine -though not in fear, even as he circled. Predatory in a way that should have sent her scurrying into the safety of home with its small doorways and smaller windows."There is a wealth of mystery beyond this place in which you can only see with your eyes -where you can see with the strands of your hair and the tip of your tongue. Here is where sharks swim through the forests as if the trees were seaweed and tigers stand upon their hind legs to dance with the whispered sound of prayer. Here it is night forever and the sky is studded with infinite diamonds - with stars I have adorned you, my reluctant bride."
Chihiro's eyes snapped open at his words, at the image of the great beast coiled before her and lowered on his haunches -bringing her face to face with the eager expectancy in his gaze.
"I can gift you such fantastical things that have no mortal names, show you sights beyond human comprehension -things only the gods were meant to stand witness. I may not have been able to give you the choice that is your right, but if you ask it of your enraptured suitor: I will give to you your hearts desire."
Hesitantly, she allowed herself to brush fingertips against his fur, feeling the way it flowed like water against her skin, twining in a current that did not exist.
And with a bravery she did not know she possessed, Chihiro met the eyes of the dragon once more.
"Spirit me away."
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