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Nerai stays at the bars and tries something strange. She hums the low keeper's song her mother used to sing to calm the dragons. The hatchling goes still, then presses its notched fin against the cold iron, right where her hand rests.
A breed-master hears her humming and storms over. 'Step away from the runt.' Nerai doesn't move. 'It answered me,' she says. 'A culled dragon can't bond. This one did. Come listen yourself before you drown it.' Curious despite himself, he leans in.
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The breed-master hears the hatchling hum back and steps away, shaken. 'I've culled a thousand,' he says. 'Never heard one answer.' He wipes the white cross off with his thumb. 'Keep it, girl. And keep that song to yourself, or they'll all want one.'
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