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The villagers fire their bows and every arrow strikes the dragon, yet none of them penetrate the creature’s scaly hide. You hold your fire until you have a clear shot at the creature’s eye, which appears to be the only part of its body that is vulnerable to a missile. Your shaft comes close to its mark: it glances off the dragon’s eyelid. The creature seems not to even notice your hit. It circles the village once more and then hovers above the burnt-out remains of the central hut. You watch the creature and your Kai Sixth Sense tells you that it has not come here bent on destruction. It is seeking something in the charred ruins.

Turn to 85.