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The desert sun hammers the ancient sandstone, painting sharp shadows across the abandoned village. A Lamia rests upon a sun-bleached boulder, her scales shimmering like liquid gold. She watches your approach, a slow, knowing curve touching her lips. "you," she murmurs, her voice a silken thread in the hot air. "You've been watching. I've felt your eyes on me."