Shiha

The Albino was out catching again, not having traveled all that far today. Spotting Exirid and Lycaena with their new hatchlings, the Albino was struck by how similar the two babies were, near-identical.

But the parents were great mages and the Albino couldn't risk directly attacking, not with his lack of battle stones and powers. He couldn't rely on his strength. So the Albino scattered a trail of juicy worms, luring the hatchlings into a stand of burnt trees overhanging a fast-running flow of lava on the earth. Once the hatchlings were out of sight of their parents, the Albino grabbed the female Shiha and threw a great chunk of lava rock into the flow, then grabbed Shiho and threw another chunk of rock in the lava.

Shoving both hatchlings in a great satchel sized for an Imperial's shoulders, the beast hid as the parents searched the flow, counting on the Fire-born hatchlings to not be hurt in the lava flow. But as the Albino made away with the hatchlings, their parents of course could not find them.

Shiho and Shiha were unceremoniously dumped into the laps of the adult captive 'Dancers, as the Albino ordered them cared for, as he contemplated making the two children match perfectly.
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Front page June 24, 2021