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the guard led me to the central city. I had
expected Desa Megass to be an elder Dragon, and I inquired of it. "He is,"
the guard replied. "But you are to be taken to the center to meet him."
The great city of domes passed as we walked, and the houses began to
take on more familiar shapes. I saw Megassi young going about their
businesses, cleaning windows and fixing roofs. They waved pleasantly as
we walked; they are not a mysterious people, not the young. They are as
easily understood as you and I.
The guard led me to a circular building, a squat cylinder topped with
a cone roof. The door was made of wood and not large enough to admit him.
He knocked. A Megass youth answered the door. "What may I do for you,
sir?"
"This human claims to know of Desa Megass and would like entry."
The youth looked at me, and I examined him in return. His skin seemed
pliant, but it still looked as a snake's: covered in fine scales and tinted
with a greenish hue. His yellow eyes had vertical slits, much like a
cat'
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