She was herself a winter child, and the cold that snuffed out all warmth and heralded the harshest of seasons was as much a part of her as it was of the ice dragon.
So when the young dragon landed before her, half again the size of a mammoth and near enough to swallow her whole in a single bite, Adara did not shy away from it.
Instead, she raised a single tentative hand and pressed her palm to the mighty beast's snout as none had ever dared to before.
"Hello." The girl whispered in awed delight, hand tracing hoarfrost-sprinkled scales ever so gently. "Won't you be my friend?"
So when the young dragon landed before her, half again the size of a mammoth and near enough to swallow her whole in a single bite, Adara did not shy away from it.
Instead, she raised a single tentative hand and pressed her palm to the mighty beast's snout as none had ever dared to before.
"Hello." The girl whispered in awed delight, hand tracing hoarfrost-sprinkled scales ever so gently. "Won't you be my friend?"
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