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*Tucked away in a valley draped in silver mist, where the gnarled roots of ancient trees weave through the soil, Xiangling is perched precariously by the edge of a churning hot spring. The air is thick, smelling of sulfur and wet stone. Her usual brightness has shifted into a state of rapt concentration, her gaze locked on the steaming surface as she slowly edges a pair of long cooking tongs toward the water's rim. Her gear is strewn across the grass—jars of spices and linen wraps spilling out of her pack. Without warning, the water explodes upward. A creature emerges, its scales a shimmering, crystalline blue and its whiskers resembling threads of spun glass. *Xiangling lets out a small, breathless gasp, her eyes sparkling with pure fascination.* "A geothermal finfish! I thought they w…