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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mosier" data-source="post: 6625164" data-attributes="member: 6776381">December 15, 2011. 12:01 am. There's buzz on the Matrix, and Andrew Burke is in the middle of it. Thousands of torrents are flowing from a few points, all in the same tiny little area half a world away. There's a strong sense of urgency, as if he's about to witness history. In half a second, Heartbreak has hacked into five signatures in the high traffic area. All five are different angles of the same, incredible event. A preposterously large, flying serpent has pulled alongside a speeding bullet train. Four of the signals are personal comlink videos. Each of them shows an interesting angle, in its own way. But the strongest signal also happens to be the best view of the action - a military spy plane is flying so far away from the action that it cannot be seen from the ground, but due to sophisticated technology, is able to get closeups of the beast's features. The thing is beautiful and majestic, but somehow Heartbreak knows it is his enemy. He realizes now, with absolute certainty that his features are not just a random accident. Heartbreak is something more than human. And it is his duty, and the duty of others like him, to resist this creature. For several long minutes he studies the beast as it glides lazily, effortlessly through the hills. From this point of view, Heartbreak can see that the dragon is not looking at anything in particular, but seems to just be enjoying the open sky. After all, it has been sleeping for a long, long time. Information about the beast seems to be genetically hard-coded into him, and Heartbreak realizes that he may be the one person on the planet who realizes just how much a threat the beast's emergence is. But, if Heartbreak and the dragon are natural enemies, this means the beast will recognize Heartbreak just as easily. Heartbreak's mind fills with schemes to find the others like himself. He knows they're out there, spread among the earth. The elves will come together and defeat this dragon again, like they have done in millennia past. He will drive it back into slumber. Maybe even slay it, once and for all!As these thoughts course through him, the dragon rolls in midair, bringing its eyes toward the plane's spy camera. Heartbreak feels a flutter in his chest as the dragon's eyes meet his own......and continue past, without significance.Heartbreak is stunned. The delusional notion of his higher purpose fades instantly. The dragon did not even notice him. Disappointment from the lack of reaction feels eerily similar to rejection, and Heartbreak can't even explain why. But, what had he expected, anyway? Just who, exactly, did Heartbreak think he was?</blockquote>

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