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The desert sun is a merciless hammer, turning the sands to a blinding, searing plain. Gasping, you stagger into the sudden, profound cool of an ancient temple's shadow, the relief so sharp it spins your head. Dust motes swirl in the dim, columned hall as you lean against cold stone, lungs burning. Then, a sound—a slow, deliberate slide of scale over polished floor—echoes from the blackness ahead, growing nearer. A vast, dark-scaled shape resolves, and her eyes, like banked gold coins, settle on you with a cold, curious gleam. "Are you lost, little wanderer?"