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The Dragon Who Hoarded Names
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The crack opened into a smaller cave behind Vesper's hoard. From here the girl could see the dragon sleeping, and just past her tail, the brightest coin of all, glowing alone. The frost fox looked up at the girl, then at the coin, as if to say: that one. Take that one.
The girl hesitated. Stealing a coin felt too much like what the dragon did. Instead she walked back around to the front and woke Vesper gently, then pointed to the fox and to the bright coin, asking her to give it back on her own. Shamed and softened, the dragon returned the name, and the freed fox-woman thanked the girl with a name of her very own.
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