Ocean's Breath Plateau my body's aching & my time is at hand

coelacanth invaded his dreams more often than not, these days. the black sylph danced before him, cerulean eyes gleaming, tipped ears tilted forward. happy. free. his.

and her great-grandchildren—his grandchildren—lived here.

@Dutch, he decided one day, making his way slowly toward his son's lodge. i'd like for you and @Simbelmyne and the children to join me in a trip to the island—coelacanth's island. it's part of their blood, and they should know it. and it's a very special place for me, too.

they could say no, in which case aditya would go himself. seelie was calling, after all. those shores, too, where he'd washed up so long ago at the brink of death—

she'd saved him. delivered him into the lap of morningside. and everything good in his life had transpired from that chance encounter.