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Listen for sounds
carried by the wind.
Another unicorn's call came to him on the
wind.
-- Hasüfel, "Alma's World: The Far Plains"
(2004)
If not distorted by foliage, a wind gust might
carry fragrances from afar, winged seeds, the
moans of trees, echoes of laughter and distant
whistles, the howls of storms, sudden chills, the
invocations printed on prayer flags, and the sounds
of a gamboling unicorn. It is common knowledge
that unicorn sound waves can be better detected
downwind of the beast than upwind. But why is