Lore:Empress: Difference between revisions
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The exhilaration of flight made her eyes sharp; the familiarity of the controls kept her hands steady. She was so much better here than in any of her father's tedious lessons. Awake. Alive. | The exhilaration of flight made her eyes sharp; the familiarity of the controls kept her hands steady. She was so much better here than in any of her father's tedious lessons. Awake. Alive. | ||
Umun'arath's voice rumbled in her ear like a surfacing landwhale. | [[Umun'arath]]'s voice rumbled in her ear like a surfacing landwhale. | ||
"Imagine all of Torobatl as the putrid grave swamps of Aark," she said. "Centuries sunk in muck. A testament to someone else's conquest." | "Imagine all of [[Torobatl]] as the putrid grave swamps of Aark," she said. "Centuries sunk in muck. A testament to someone else's conquest." | ||
Caiatl narrowed her eyes at her ship's heads-up display as a corrupted flame suddenly burned a hole in the sky itself, straight ahead… | Caiatl narrowed her eyes at her ship's heads-up display as a corrupted flame suddenly burned a hole in the sky itself, straight ahead… | ||