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Lian · 12/8/2025, 10:46 PM

Shenlei was not the first Téng to find the waterfall and its secret cove, although he was the first to traverse the lower portion of it. On the cliffsides at the top of the falls, a red lotus was perched at the edge overlooking the falls. One simply couldn't beat the view. During the hotter parts of the lazy hours of the afternoon, the mist blown by the warm tropical wind across her pelt had been bliss. Now, she had scooted a little farther away from the waterfall, closer to the paths that traversed hidden by overgrown vines and wide-leaved ferns. Her front paws dangled over the edge, chin resting on them as she overlooked the falls - and watched her father arrive to them, and the same conclusions she had had.

The Celestial Dragon had known precisely what it was doing, and had led them to paradise amongst a land of plagues and myth. There could not have been a clearer sign of the favor that followed the Tianlong being divinely powerful in nature.

One only had to look around, and know they would persevere through any challenge that dared to confront them.

Even so, Lian did not speak any of this. She did not even shift from her position above the cove, and she was not eager to traipse down the side of the cliff to confer with her Emperor on the matters of his blossoming kingdom and the success he had so wisely guided them to. Lian's molten gaze was keen, and the mind behind those eyes was sharp as a blade. The peace this cove had to impart, the way Shenlei lingered by it and seemed to let down a sliver of his guard; Lian would not have disturbed this for all the riches in the world. She understood - there were moments that were more valuable than gold, because of their scarcity. It was why she had not yet left the falls herself, to find anyone and tell them of her discovery. For a moment, then another, and another still - she was not quite a princess with all the duties it entailed, but just a girl; a part of the tapestry of peaceful beauty this land had to offer any passerby, no matter their blood.

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