The Sentinels i will never let your people go

She mouthed the words silently as her father spoke them, stumbling over the pronunciation-- not fully understanding the meaning behind each individual word-- but little Emaleth was determined to commit it to memory. If her father deigned this worthy of a lesson, the child knew it to be important. She was not prepared for his question, and her small brows knit together; "To wash the sea's creatures upon the shore," Emaleth repeated, but knew that answer to be too easy. "For us to eat."