⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝔤𝔲ttural rumble unfurl'd, low—throated ⠀ an͟d⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹. ⠀ forewarning unto ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ uninvit'd⠀ ⠀ '𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡'. ⠀
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these ⠀ ⠀ 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 ⠀ ⠀ 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘴⠀ yet harboured vestiges⠀ ⠀ of bygone 𝒹𝒶ys;⠀ ⠀ remembrances ⠀ ⠀ she⠀ ⠀ could⠀ 𝑛𝑒𝑖ther relinquish ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ nor bear⠀ ⠀ to forsake ⠀ …𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵. ⠀
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unbidden interloper, ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ naught else ⠀ was she. 𝘰𝘩 ⠀ 𝘩𝘰𝘸 such⠀ ⠀ 𝐢𝐧𝐬͟𝐨͟lence kindl'd⠀ her utmost 𝔦𝔯𝔢.⠀ ⠀ though ⠀ imposed seal⠀ ordained ⠀ ⠀ her⠀ captivity 'thin such⠀ confines, ⠀
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 had ⠀⠀ she forseen⠀ ⠀ ⠀ familiar silhouette⠀ ⠀ gracing⠀ these confines⠀ ⠀ anew. much less⠀ ⠀ ⠀ bearing⠀ 𝐰𝐨unds⠀ ⠀ 'pon other's return.⠀ "you have returned.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝘸𝘩𝘺?" ⠀
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀though she ⠀ ⠀had reckon'd ⠀⠀⠀ such ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀𝒉𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤'𝑑 grounds would linger ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀'thin ⠀ recollection of whosoever first trespass'd, ⠀
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for now, singular⠀ ⠀ ⠀ colossal draconic eye ⠀⠀ remained somewhere 'round here⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ͟/⠀ 𝔲𝑛blinking,⠀ ⠀ ever so ⠀ soundless𝑙𝑦 ⠀ observant. ⠀
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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ …only for presence⠀ ⠀ of ⠀ another living being ⠀ 'thin these⠀ 𝑐𝑜𝑛secrated bounds ⠀ ⠀ swiftly ⠀ ⠀ discerned, yet not confront'd yet. ⠀
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its ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ purpose ⠀ was tw͟o͟fold:⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ likewise barring ⠀ ⠀ outside world from⠀ ⠀ 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨⠀ 'pon these sequester'd reaches⠀ ⠀ 𝑢𝑝 in the sky.
⠀ though ⠀ the seal 'thin this levitating demesne was⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ wrought to 𝔡𝔢ny her every ⠀ conceivable⠀ ⠀ ⠀ avenue of egress,





















