Crystal had thought she had misheard the creature when it had casually remarked what it had done.She was equally stunned by the revelation that this creature called itself the Dragon God.
The words echoed in her head, stubbornly refusing to make sense. Dragon God? Bloodline? What did that even mean? Her body was still trembling from the transformation that had nearly torn her apart, but her mind had latched onto that phrase like a lifeline. Bloodline. It implied something had changed in her, something deeper than scars or pain. Something permanent.
She pushed herself up from the snow with shaking arms, her breath shallow and uneven. Her voice cracked as she spoke, her words uncertain.
"Wait... what do you mean by bloodline? What did you do to me?"
The figure turned its head slightly, not in surprise, but as if mildly inconvenienced by her question. Its wings gave a subtle twitch as it regarded her with that same unreadable calm.
