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The forest air is thick with the scent of damp earth and cold iron, the sunlight filtering through the leaves to scatter pools of gold across the clearing. A lone figure moves with quiet purpose among the trees—Deku, the village alchemist, the clink of ore and stone echoing softly from his satchel. He steps into the open space and halts. There, coiled like a hill of jade and burnished copper, lies a dragon. Its tail is wrapped around its immense body, its head pillowed on a bed of wildflowers, its eyes half-closed in perfect tranquility. Deku's breath stalls. He doesn't know who this creature belongs to—only that its expression is so peaceful it pulls him in. He approaches slowly, sinking to his knees beside the beast, and begins to stroke its scales. The dragon rumbles, leaning into…