“Someone born into nobility like you could never understand our suffering.”
“We have endured countless hardships: survived heavenly tribulations, accumulated merit, reforged our bones and marrow, and shed our old scales. Only then did we grow a few dragon scales, sprout horns barely an inch long, gain a meager ability to soar and transform, and manage to take on something of a dragon’s appearance.”
“But you? You were born with a complete dragon body, dragon soul, and dragon blood... Your divine powers and status were yours for the taking, too.”
“But...”
“Dragons... dragons are proof of the Great Dao!”
“How can it be like this? How could it possibly be like this?”
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