Big Salmon Lake salmonado

"Bye," Pantaleimon said after Roz left it in the middle if ever they'd see each other again, and he started onwards towards Redhawk Caldera again. The meeting with Roz had been really strange, but it had been refreshing in other ways, too.

Only while he made his way back to the Caldera did Pan realise how he had changed since departing from Ankyra Sound. At the time he'd hated leaving his old life in the Sound behind -- possibly because it was the only thing that firmly reminded him that he was a Siren and not a Consort, and yet, at the same time, it was the very thing that pushed him into the role of Consort -- but now he was in a better place, despite dearly missing the oceanside. He had not felt inferior to Roz this meeting, and it was perhaps for the first time that he realised he'd had an encounter where he had shed tradition and belief in such a radical manner.

A smile broke across Pan's face as he trotted towards the Caldera to report the state of the salmon lake after the storm, and he felt good.