Ocean's Breath Plateau tu jo mila

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after gathering his strength, aditya made his way to the border, setting his gaze on the land beyond. he'd soothed @Mzururaji and his siblings, insisting he'd be back. he was all he had left, and it was for them that he would stay alive.

but it was no guarantee. an old man on the road? even if he did not fall trap to whatever may have snared arjun, he could drop dead at any moment. 

he could not make any promises—not even the one he most wanted to give, which was to bring dutch home.

but i will try, he told @Simbelmyne, fervent but grave. he bade farewell to her children—blood of his blood—trying to keep their sight and scent to remember them by.

with luck, he'd be back within days, his son in tow.

with reality, he expected to be gone at least a moon.

he howled to @Rodyn and @Chakliux, a final signal of intention, then set off past the plateau and down the coast, a mirror of so many journeys he'd made before over seasons and seasons and seasons—

aditya vowed, 'he shall return;'

and just like the man mcarthur, return he would.