Fenghuang
EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, the purple clouds came out to dance with the blushing sky. Thick cumulonimbuses, brimming with electricity, yet porous and aetherial. And in the clouds, undulating rhythmically, singing long, deep ballads of love, like a pulse trembling in the atmosphere, were the whales swimming in the wind. Through the roseate and chartreuse streaks, and the waves of damson and cerulean that lit up the night, one could tell there was a grand pod in the heavens. Judging from the assortment of blowholes and flukes seen in the aurora, splashing and skipping along the edges of the clouds like stones, from mature and younger couples and calves alike, this night would bring a spectacular symphony. Often the tune was wistful, but this chorus was a hearty, even sprightly one. And everywhere in the valley, the people would be sung to sleep by the lullabies.
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