Deleted Scenes
During the final revisions for Dreigiau, there were a few original chapters that just didn’t mesh with the tone and flow of the story. Sometimes, due to restructuring, certain chapters also needed to be removed. This section lists the deleted scenes in their unedited format.
Touch the Sky: Originally the Introduction for Book 2, before Book 2 was merged into Book 1. There was no place for an additional Introduction, so I chose to cut this piece. It details how Kudako became on of Zemi’s Dragon Servants.
Crash Course in Life: A silly section from Book 1 that told how AsaHi cleaned up Kaze and got him some new threads. While it’s a funny little chapter, I’ve just never been content with it and decided to leave it as a deleted scene instead of fighting to edit it again.
Spirit’s Armor: A chapter that took place in Book 1 after AsaHi discovered Kaze’s real identity. She chases Zento down while he’s busy gathering his spirit armor for the upcoming battle. This chapter and the one following it seemed sharply out of place, so I decided to remove them from the final version.
Casting Stones: A chapter that takes place just before the fight with TsuYa in Book 1. I was trying to flesh out a relationship between Zento and Zemi but it didn’t turn out so well. While it was a useful rough chapter in the way of hearing what characters had to say at that point, a lot of it didn’t fit and I decided to scrap it for the final version.
The Day We Meet Again: Originally the last chapter from the old Book 1, this showed Zento, SaRa and Zemi meeting again after so many years. While it’s a touching and fun scene, the chapter is very short and really didn’t add much but to act as a final chapter for the book. Because Book 1 was merged into Book 2, it doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense to keep it anymore.
Rendered Meaningless: An argument between AsaHi and Zemi about the worth of Earthian lives. While I felt it was an important point to make, in the new revisions, it all just seemed over dramatic and redundant. I attempted to edit it, but just didn’t see a way to salvage this chapter without a complete rewrite. I didn’t think that the book would suffer any from removing it as I can probably make these points elsewhere.