dʀagᴏn ʀɪdɪng sᴋɪll dɪsappᴇaʀ ᴏn actɪᴏnʙaʀ fɪx’s dᴇᴇpᴇʀ sᴏcɪal ᴍᴇanɪng

ɪn a ʀᴇalᴍ whᴇʀᴇ ᴍʏthɪcal cʀᴇatuʀᴇs sᴏaʀ thʀᴏugh thᴇ sᴋɪᴇs, thᴇ aʙʀupt ᴠanɪshɪng ᴏf thᴇ dʀagᴏn ʀɪdɪng sᴋɪll fʀᴏᴍ thᴇ actɪᴏn ʙaʀ ɪs nᴏt ᴍᴇʀᴇlʏ a tᴇchnɪcal glɪtch. ɪt ɪs a pᴏɪgnant sʏᴍʙᴏl ᴏf thᴇ fʀagɪlɪtʏ ᴏf huᴍan-cʀᴇatuʀᴇ ʙᴏnds. acʀᴏss thᴇ land, dʀagᴏn ʀɪdᴇʀs whᴏ ᴏncᴇ glɪdᴇd ᴇffᴏʀtlᴇsslʏ ᴏn thᴇ ʙacᴋs ᴏf ᴍaᴊᴇstɪc ʙᴇasts nᴏw fɪnd thᴇᴍsᴇlᴠᴇs gʀᴏundᴇd, thᴇɪʀ cᴏnnᴇctɪᴏn tᴏ thᴇɪʀ cᴏᴍpanɪᴏns sᴇᴠᴇʀᴇd. thɪs unsᴇttlɪng ᴇxpᴇʀɪᴇncᴇ ᴇᴠᴏᴋᴇs a pʀᴏfᴏund sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf lᴏss, as ɪndɪᴠɪduals gʀapplᴇ wɪth thᴇ suddᴇn aʙsᴇncᴇ ᴏf a sᴋɪll that had ʙᴇcᴏᴍᴇ an ɪntᴇgʀal paʀt ᴏf thᴇɪʀ ɪdᴇntɪtʏ and a sᴏuʀcᴇ ᴏf dᴇᴇp cᴏnnᴇctɪᴏn wɪth thᴇ natuʀal wᴏʀld. thᴇ dʀagᴏn ʀɪdɪng sᴋɪll dɪsappᴇaʀ ᴏn actɪᴏnʙaʀ fɪx sᴇʀᴠᴇs as a sᴏʙᴇʀɪng ʀᴇᴍɪndᴇʀ ᴏf thᴇ tʀansɪᴇnt natuʀᴇ ᴏf all thɪngs and thᴇ ɪᴍpᴏʀtancᴇ ᴏf chᴇʀɪshɪng thᴇ pʀᴇcɪᴏus ᴍᴏᴍᴇnts wᴇ shaʀᴇ wɪth thᴏsᴇ wᴇ lᴏᴠᴇ, ʙᴇ thᴇʏ huᴍan ᴏʀ ᴏthᴇʀwɪsᴇ.