It started with a mating dance during the high rains on a small island far south of Metori’s kingdom, the high rains meant that animals holed up together and this was the time of year that the males tried to impress the females. Success would mean the continuation of your line, even if you died in the floods or quakes that plagued the land. The single handed determination of the serpents to continue on their line was likely the source of legends saying they would take over the islands as needed.
When the hot dry season came the couple parted, their hearts not involved in their coupling, their blind desire for survival the only thing pushing them forward. She dug a nest in the hot sand, her body swelling each day as she created eggs that would soon be their offspring. After laying her egg
