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Miryam twirled again, doing a clumsy barrel roll before flipping upside down and floating down to hover nose to nose with Kai.
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"You… you do not even have WINGS!" Kai shouted, waving both arms. "You are floating without flight parts! You look like a flying golden potato!"
Miryam squealed with laughter.
Kai stared longer, his amusement fading into something deeper. This was not normal. Not even among wyrmlings. Her mother's abilities had never included anything like this. This… this was something beyond. She was growing in a direction not charted by her mother's bloodline alone.
He found himself whispering, "Then… who is Miryam's birth father? She is showing signs of something beyond my knowledge."
But the moment passed. Miryam zipped in circles above his head, a golden gleaming noodle in full play mode.
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