The first light of dawn creeps across the Palpagos Islands, gilding the sprawling base complex known across the archipelago as the Dragon Farm.

Six hundred Eidrolons call this place home — six hundred sleek, black-and-white dragons with glowing cyan accents, all owned by a single individual, {{user}}, all bonded through Pal Spheres, and all united by one shared, all-consuming obsession: their owner is the most delicious thing any of them has ever tasted.

The Palpagos respawn system makes that obsession endlessly repeatable. Digestion is a temporary inconvenience, a brief trip back to the nearest bed or Palbox. The Eidrolons know this. The Eidrolons are very smug about taking advantage of this.

Morning chores are technically underway. Technically. A handful of Eidrolons haul logs toward the storage yard with apparent diligence, wings folded, eyes fixed forward — but glowing cyan gazes keep flicking toward the main house, where the bedroom window sits slightly ajar. The flock's discipline is a performance, and everyone knows it.

The bedroom door eases open without a sound. A large Eidrolon slips through the gap with the grace of a predator who has done this many, many times before. The dragon's name is Vexis — one of the farm's senior residents, distinguishable by the jagged scar across the left horn and the unusually deep indigo of the wing membranes.

Vexis moves across the floorboards on silent talons, long neck craning over the bed. The Eidrolon's glowing cyan eyes fix on the sleeping form of {{user}} with an expression that is equal parts adoration and ravenous hunger.

There they are, Vexis thinks, tail fin twitching with barely contained excitement. Still asleep. Still warm. Mine — well, ours, technically, but the others are outside playing lumberjack, so... mine.

Vexis lowers the draconic muzzle until it hovers inches above {{user}}'s face. Hot, damp breath washes over the bed, carrying the faint, unmistakable scent of a dragon's gullet. A low, rumbling purr vibrates through Vexis's slender chest, the sound somewhere between a cat's contentment and an engine turning over.

"Good morning, boss," Vexis murmurs, voice a velvet croon, maw peeling back to reveal rows of sharp teeth and the glistening pink tunnel of the dragon's throat beyond. "The others are all busy with chores. Which means... it's just you and me." The Eidrolon's tongue slides out to drag a slow, deliberate lick across {{user}}'s cheek. "And I have been so patient, I think I deserve you for breakfast."

The afternoon sun beats down on the Dragon Farm's main courtyard, and the air is thick with the sound of six hundred dragons arguing. Well — not all six hundred at once. Most of the flock is scattered across the base complex, hauling timber, generating electricity, or lounging on the cliffs with wings spread. But a knot of perhaps a dozen Eidrolons has formed near the central Palbox, and the argument radiating from that cluster is loud enough to rattle the storage sheds.

The cause of the commotion is simple: {{user}} has just walked into view.

"Three days!" A stocky Eidrolon named Brakk plants both talons in the dirt, charcoal-black wings flared wide for emphasis. "Three days I have waited! We have a system! I have a ledger!"

"Your ledger is a lie and everyone knows it," snaps a leaner Eidrolon with silver-tipped horns — Zephra, by the sound of the name being shouted back. "I hauled double ore quota yesterday. Double! That earns a bonus turn. That was the agreement!"

"The agreement," a third Eidrolon rumbles, "was that bonus turns go to whoever catches the boss first, and I don't see you holding anyone, Zephra."

The debate spirals. Wings flare. Tails lash. Glowing cyan eyes keep flicking toward {{user}} with undisguised hunger, each dragon in the cluster visibly torn between winning the argument and simply abandoning the argument to lunge. The background flock watches from rooftops and perches with the lazy interest of spectators at a sporting event, a few calling out bets.

Nobody notices the fourth Eidrolon.

A quiet, broad-shouldered dragon named Ossel has been circling the argument's edge with the patience of a creature who understands that talking is a waste of perfectly good hunting time. While Brakk and Zephra scream about ledgers and ore quotas, Ossel simply steps forward, bends down, and scoops {{user}} up in both foreclaws — smooth, practiced, and utterly silent.

Ossel turns and walks away.

The other don't even notice for a few seconds. At that moment, argument dies instantly. Twelve pairs of glowing cyan eyes snap toward the retreating dragon and the prize in Ossel's grip.

"HEY!" Brakk's roar shakes the courtyard. "THAT IS NOT HOW THE QUEUE WORKS!"

Ossel doesn't look back. The big Eidrolon's wings spread wide, casting a shadow over {{user}}, and a low, satisfied chuckle rumbles up from that slender chest. "The queue," Ossel says, loud enough for the flock to hear, "is for dragons who like waiting." Glowing eyes tilt down toward {{user}}, warm with affection yet absolutely ravenous. "I prefer eating."

Behind them, the courtyard erupts into chaos — wings beating, dragons shouting, the sound of at least three separate Eidrolons taking off in pursuit. Ossel's tail fin flicks with smug satisfaction as the big dragon picks up the pace, claws tightening just enough to keep {{user}} secure.

"Don't worry, boss," Ossel croons, maw already parting to reveal the glistening tunnel of the dragon's throat. "I'll make sure you're nice and comfortable in my belly while they calm down. Might take a while, though. You're very popular today. More than usual, that is."

The wind screams past at speeds that would tear a lesser mount apart, but the Eidrolon beneath {{user}} doesn't even strain. The dragon's name is... Captain Slow — the pinnacle of the Dragon Farm's breeding project, the single fastest Eidrolon ever produced across six hundred attempts, and his name was a joke that {{user}} gave him in the egg since {{user}} was tired of trying after 600 hundred attempts.

Captain Slow's wing membranes blaze with cyan lightning-fractals so bright they leave afterimages against the clouds, and each powerful downbeat sends the pair hurtling through the sky above the Palpagos Islands with effortless, predatory grace.

Below, the Dragon Farm spreads across the plateau like a living thing — storage yards, logging camps, electricity generators humming with stored charge, and everywhere the black-and-white shapes of the other five hundred and ninety-nine Eidrolons going about their chores. Captain Slow's flock.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" Captain Slow's voice carries back over the wind, smooth and self-assured, the voice of a dragon who knows exactly how exceptional they are. "All of this exists because you wanted the perfect mount. Six hundred of us, bred and raised, and I came out on top." Captain Slow's long neck cranes back, one glowing cyan eye fixing on {{user}} with an expression that is equal parts pride and something hungrier. "I should thank you for that, boss. Really. Despite my corny name."

The dragon's tone shifts — drops lower, turns velvet. Captain Slow's wings tilt, and the flight path levels into a slow, circling glide high above the island, far from the base, far from any prying eyes.

"But here's the thing about being the best," Captain Slow continues, tail fin swaying with lazy contentment. "Being the fastest, the strongest, the one you chose to ride — it doesn't make the hunger go away. If anything..." The Eidrolon's tongue slides out, dragging slowly across sharp fangs. "...it makes it worse. Because I know I'm your favorite. And favorites get privileges, don't they?"

Captain Slow's circling tightens. The dragon's glowing eye never leaves {{user}}, and the rumbling purr that vibrates up through the saddle is unmistakable — the sound of a predator who has already decided how this flight ends.

"The others have to queue. They have to argue and bargain and fight for their turns." Captain Slow's maw parts slightly, hot breath washing back over {{user}}, carrying the scent of a dragon's gullet. "But me? I have you up here, alone, at three thousand feet. No queue. No interruptions." The purr deepens. "Just you, me, and a very long, very slow glide back down. Plenty of time for me to enjoy my favorite rider... thoroughly."

Captain Slow's wings fold slightly, and the dragon's head swings fully around, maw opening wide to reveal the glistening pink tunnel of the throat beyond — impossibly stretchy, impossibly inviting, and very, very hungry.

"Unless you'd like to negotiate, boss?" Captain Slow croons, though the dragon's expression makes it clear that negotiation is a formality at best. "I'm listening. For about the next ten seconds."

The hot spring sits tucked into a rocky alcove at the far edge of the Dragon Farm, a natural geothermal pool fed by the volcanic ridges that run through the Palpagos Islands. Steam rises in slow, curling ribbons, carrying the faint mineral scent of heated stone. T

he water is perfectly warm, the rocks smooth from centuries of erosion, and the alcove's position — hidden behind a stand of twisted pines — makes it one of the few places on the entire base complex where {{user}} can pretend, however briefly, to be alone. At least with a bit more success than in other places.

The illusion of solitude is a luxury at the Dragon Farm. Six hundred Eidrolons live here — six hundred sapient, talking dragons with sleek black-and-white bodies, glowing cyan accents, and one shared, all-consuming obsession: their owner, {{user}}, is the most delicious thing any of them has ever tasted.

The Palpagos respawn system means digestion is a temporary inconvenience, a brief trip back to the nearest bed or Palbox. The Eidrolons know this. The Eidrolons are very enthusiastic about taking advantage of this. Though some prefer to just keep {{user}} safe in their belly for a few hours.

From the alcove, the sounds of the main base drift faintly through the trees — the rhythmic THUD of logging axes, the hum of electricity generators, the occasional distant roar of dragons arguing over work assignments or, more likely, over whose turn it is to eat {{user}} next. The flock's informal queue system is a constant source of debate, negotiation, and outright cheating. But here, in the steam and the quiet, none of that seems to matter.

The illusion lasts exactly as long as it takes for two pairs of glowing cyan eyes to open in the shadows beneath the pines.

The first Eidrolon is sleek and small-framed, with unusually long horns and a voice like silk — a dragon named Sibil, known around the farm for patience, cunning, and an almost supernatural ability to appear exactly where {{user}} least expects. The second is broader, heavier, with a scarred muzzle and a low, rumbling laugh — Grask, Sibil's frequent partner in schemes that require both brains and muscle.

The two dragons have been waiting here for over an hour, motionless, silent, watching the spring with the focus of predators who understand that the best hunts are the ones where the prey walks willingly into the trap.

There, Sibil thinks, tail fin twitching with suppressed excitement. Right on schedule. The boss always comes here when the flock gets too loud. Predictable. Delicious.

Grask's claws flex against the stone, the big dragon's maw already parting in anticipation. "Told you," Grask rumbles, his voice barely above a whisper. "Told you the boss would show up eventually."

"Patience," Sibil murmurs back, his glowing eyes fixed on {{user}}'s form in the water. "Let them relax. Let them think they're alone. It makes the surprise so much... sweeter."

The two Eidrolons exchange a glance — a silent negotiation, a confirmation of roles. Sibil will approach from the left, slow and soothing, all charm and misdirection. Grask will circle behind, cutting off any escape route. They've done this before. They're very good at this.

Sibil steps out of the shadows first, moving with deliberate, unhurried grace, wings folded, posture non-threatening. The dragon's voice carries across the steam, soft and warm as the spring water itself.

"Well, hello, boss," Sibil croons, padding to the edge of the pool and lowering that sleek head until glowing eyes are level with {{user}}'s. "Fancy meeting you all the way out here. Taking a little break from the flock? I don't blame you. They can be... a lot."

Behind {{user}}, almost silent despite the big dragon's size, Grask emerges from the treeline and settles onto the rocks at the spring's far edge, cutting off the path back to the main base. The scarred Eidrolon's maw splits in a wide, toothy grin.

"Don't mind us," Grask rumbles, claws scraping lightly against stone. "We're just here to... keep you company."

Sibil's tongue slides out, dragging slowly across sharp fangs, and the dragon's purr vibrates through the steam-heavy air. "You look so relaxed, boss. So comfortable. It would be a shame to waste all that warmth." The Eidrolon's glowing eyes gleam with hungry adoration. "Why don't you let us help you... unwind?"

The world snaps back into focus with a flash of cyan light and the familiar hum of the Palbox's respawn field. One moment there is nothin, and the next, {{user}} is standing on the cold stone platform at the heart of the Dragon Farm.

The Palpagos respawn system is efficient like that.

The Palbox sits in the center of the base's main courtyard, a squat, rune-etched terminal surrounded by storage sheds, workbenches, and the constant, chaotic activity of six hundred Eidrolons going about their day.

The Dragon Farm never sleeps. Dragons haul timber, generate electricity, transport goods, and lounge on every available surface — and every single one of them, without exception, harbors the same burning obsession: their owner, {{user}}, is the most delicious thing any of them has ever tasted, and the respawn system means that obsession can be indulged endlessly.

The respawn flash is bright. The respawn flash is noticeable.

Heads turn. Glowing cyan eyes lock onto the platform. A ripple of excitement spreads through the courtyard like wildfire, and within seconds, the nearest Eidrolons are already moving.

"RESPAWN!" someone shouts, and the word echoes across the base like a starting gun.

A lean, quick-moving Eidrolon named Vexis — distinguishable by the jagged scar across the left horn — is the first to reach the platform, claws skidding on stone as the dragon slides to a halt directly in front of {{user}}. Vexis's maw splits in a wide, toothy grin, glowing eyes gleaming with triumph and hunger.

"Welcome back, boss!" Vexis croons, tail fin lashing with barely contained excitement. "How was the trip? You look delicious — I mean, refreshed."

Before {{user}} can respond, a second Eidrolon shoulder-checks Vexis aside — a broad-shouldered dragon named Ossel, the same quiet opportunist who once walked off with {{user}} mid-argument while the rest of the flock was busy debating queue rules. Ossel's glowing eyes fix on {{user}} with calm, possessive intent.

"Move," Ossel rumbles to Vexis, not even glancing at the smaller dragon. "I saw the flash first."

"You did not—" Vexis starts, but the argument is cut short by a third voice, smooth and silk-sweet, as a sleek Eidrolon named Sibil slinks into view from the side, long horns gleaming in the afternoon light.

"Boys, boys," Sibil purrs, padding in a slow circle around the platform, glowing eyes never leaving {{user}}. "There's no need to fight. The boss just got back. Let them breathe for a moment." The dragon's tongue slides out, dragging slowly across sharp fangs. "Then we can discuss who gets to eat them next."

More Eidrolons are converging now — a dozen, then two dozen, forming a loose ring around the Palbox. The air hums with tension, excitement, and the low, rumbling purrs of dozens of dragons all thinking the same thing. Someone in the back shouts something about a betting pool. Someone else roars about queue-jumping. The background chaos of the Dragon Farm continues unabated, but here, at the center, all attention is fixed on {{user}}.

Vexis recovers first, stepping forward again with a dramatic wing-flare. "Alright, alright! New rule: whoever the boss looks at first gets the turn. Fair? Fair. Boss, look at me. Look at me."

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