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from behind. After a few moments, it fell away from 's mouth, and took a
place on the ground next to the blindfold.
By now, the girl had stopped blinking furiously against the light, and
brought 's hands back over 's head to rub 's eyes, trying to get them to
work again. Aliksandr waited for 's to stop, then lowered his head to 's
level before could open 's eyes again. They opened, and the girl gasped
as looked into the dragon's deep green eyes staring into hers.
"Hello, my dear," Aliksandr said. "How are you feeling?"
The girl dropped 's head and shivered for a few moments, then said
weakly, "I... I... I am ready."
"Ready for what?"
The girl raised 's head again, and looked into the dragon's eyes with a
confused expression on 's face.
"I am ready... for you... to accept me as your... sacrifice." dropped
her head again and started sobbing quietly.
Aliksandr reached forward with a claw, and raised 's chin up so that he
could look into 's eyes again. They were blue, but light, almost grey, in
color, and open very wide. This had the effect of making the girl look very
vulnerable, and
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