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+The giant dragon spent their childhood in darkness.
+From the moment their bleary eyes blinked open from the haze of slumber,\\
+They hungered to feast on crude iron, and drink deep of molten lava.
+Until one day, they raised their head,\\
+And with a low, guttural voice,\\
+Pleaded to glimpse light.
+The Titan lifted them up by their ribs, slowly raising them,\\
+The dragon's spine sliced through the strata of rock, cutting open the soil.
+When they reached the surface,\\
+They summoned mist woven of the fire of stars.
+As though seeing themself clearly and in full,\\
+Through the eyes of a giant bird.
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+{{ :readable:saga:soaring.dragon.without.restraint:dan-heng1-3.png?200|}}
+The giant dragon walked the earth alone.\\
+The Titan knew they were lonely and terrified too,\\
+And so sculpted new beasts from flesh and bone.
+In that wild, barren world,\\
+The giant dragon led the beasts of the earth.\\
+Excessively long life,\\
+Gifted the giant dragon with eyes that could pierce the veil of years.
+They witnessed the separation of day and night,\\
+As well as the entanglement of reason and romance.
+And even Kephale,\\
+Did not neglect to share with them a chalice of golden blood.
+The ocean teased, saying,\\
+Even should the earth sink utterly,\\
+They would not rot.
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+Ever since they opened their eyes,\\
+The giant dragon rarely returned to slumber.
+And thusly, that mesmerizing dream that occasionally burst forth at night,\\
+Etched a trace on their memory.
+The gods they were familiar with were in this dream,\\
+And they were as immense and imposing as ever,\\
+Yet had lost their freedom.
+Just what manner of magnificent pathstrider,\\
+Could imprison the Titans as mere reflections?
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+{{ :readable:saga:soaring.dragon.without.restraint:dan-heng1-5.png?200|}}
+The giant dragon dreamed also of their own path,\\
+That great breath from the heavens,\\
+Or perhaps from beyond even the heavens.
+They dreamed of silver shards amongst the stars,\\
+Reflecting the form of another giant dragon.
+That great cerulean dragon,\\
+Approached Amphoreus,\\
+The distant whispers roiling,\\
+Becoming a roar engraved on the earth.
+They recognized the meaning in that low roar —\\
+Its name, "<color #993333>Permanence</color>."