“You should not speak kindly to me. I have killed and lied and served myself. I ran from my punishment. The water in me was never pure.” The dragon tilted her head. Tané tried to stay facing her, but a rush of shame made her drop her gaze. “To be kin to a dragon,” Nayimathun said, “you must not only have a soul of water. You must have the blood of the sea, and the sea is not always pure. It is not any one thing. There is darkness in it, and danger, and cruelty. It can raze great cities with its rage. Its depths are unknowable; they do not see the touch of the sun. To be a Miduchi is not to be
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