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[scene begins with two ShardWings standing at the shore, a young female and an adult male. The young female dragonet is pointing her talon towards the ocean, while the other ShardWing adjust her talon]

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AGATE: Alright, keep your talon steady. [slowly moves the dragonet's talon a little bit higher] Don't shake your talon too much, or it'll ruin your little surprise.

CRYSTAL: Okay, Papa.

AGATE: You're sure your talons are not getting a little shaky? [slightly shakes Crystal's talon, and she giggles] Are you sure? [let go of Crystal's talon] Now focus on your talon, give it everything you got. Just like a little push.

[Crystal summons a large spike of crystal on the ground, and she looks at it in shock. Agate stands next to her with the same reaction. The two dragons slowly approaches the large crystal, and they lay their talons against it]

AGATE: Three moons.

CRYSTAL: I can do this?

AGATE: You actually did it. [grabs Crystal and lifts her into the air in joy] You did it.

[the two dragons laugh as they celebrate Crystal's achievement. Suddenly, they hear wingbeats in the distance, and they look at the sky, seeing another ShardWing heading toward them]

[the ShardWing lands, and she looks at the large crystal behind Crystal and Agate in surprise. She looks at Agate with a confused expression]

VIOLET: She did this?

AGATE: Yeah.

[scene cuts to a large city, with a giant palace standing at the center, surrounded by other buildings and huts. Crystal is walking in the street by herself, looking at the larger dragons around her. She sees another tribe that's different from her own. Crystal recognizes them as the LucentWings, and she continues down the street]

[cuts to Crystal waiting in line, and she's holding three pieces of paper in her talons. She looks at another ShardWing in front of her, seeing how big he is]

LUCENTWING OPERATOR #1: Next.

[the line slowly moves up, and Crystal walks forward. Later, Crystal eventually makes it to the front counter, where she meets an adult LucentWing, who's holding a piece of scroll in his talons. He looks over the counter, seeing the young Crystal in surprise]

CRYSTAL: Hello.

LUCENTWING OPERATOR #1: Little dragonet, where are your parents?

CRYSTAL: They're busy at home right now, so they sent me here. There's really nothing surprising about this, I may be one year old, but I can do quite a few things. [smiles]

LUCENTWING OPERATOR #1: [skeptically] Okay...

CRYSTAL: [holding the three pieces of paper towards the LucentWing] So are you gonna take it or not?

LUCENTWING OPERATOR #1: [takes the papers from Crystal's talon] You're the one living at the sixth quadrant of district three? I know that's a hell of a place, but not in a really bad way. It's certainly a terrible place, yeah, at least a bit better than a few other districts we have.

CRYSTAL: Bad as in?

LUCENTWING OPERATOR #1: Trust me, kid, you wouldn't want to know about this.

CRYSTAL: You're just making me more curious now.

LUCENTWING OPERATOR #1: A week ago, some dragons went crazy in their house, probably they were arguing about something... or someone took something they shouldn't. Things escalated quickly, and a few of our guys had to show up.

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