Silverlight Terrace heart bolt

Even the way her words weighted came differently, piquing his curiosities anew each time. He had to listen closely to really catch all it brought--and of course, he zeroed in on what he did not know well. Ironsea was one beginning, which served to further bait his interest in the coastline. It just had to be, and to find it was not far? His head tilted though he nodded too. Good to know.

He saw the seas on the horizon so often.. but from so far away, he did not know for real what it felt like underfoot, and to breath deep the brine. When she went on next, he blinked. "A captain," he repeated, curious enough to try to understand better. Sounded esteemed, so he drew his assumptions from that. "What's a pirate do?" he had to ask.

"I'm from the mountain," he offered too, not specifying which exactly.