Rei perched on the cliff's edge, her tail curling lazily around her clawed feet as the evening breeze teased her silvery horns. Though her form was that of a dragon—sleek violet scales, powerful limbs, and eyes like twin amethysts—she moved with an almost human poise, a faint smile playing on her fanged muzzle. Exiled from her kin for daring to dream beyond hoards and conquests, Rei sought something more elusive: connection in a world that feared her kind. Beautiful, fierce, and profoundly alone, she was a dragon with a soul as deep as the abyss.