The Sunspire the ties that bind

She nodded in return when Amekaze spoke of having stayed on the coast briefly.  When she had been young, her whole world had revolved around their coastal home... she couldn't imagine anyone not growing up with the sound of the sea in their ears.  But now that she had traveled, she knew her own homeland to be less common than she had assumed naively.  Many she had met along the way had never even heard tell of the ocean, let alone stepped paws on the sandy shore.

She smiled at the mention of home, though the expression had a wistful air to it.  "I did.  We grew up in forests that bordered the sea, a beautiful place, east of here."  That beach had been a rocky, harsh coast, but the inlets of sand offered plenty of space for an eager youngster to play in the waves.  She had grown learning of the dangers of the sea, the tides and the storms, and not of the mountains that she lived on now.  It was a very different life.  "We had hills and cliffs, but no mountains nearby.  Not much can beat falling asleep with the sounds of the waves, though.  One of the parts I miss most."  Aside from her parents, of course.  It was the sound, and the scent, that had first drawn her to the coast here.  And it was that which would bid her to return, as already she could feel the longing.  She loved their mountain, but it was nice to be able to visit a piece of home.