Stone Circle Any way the wind blows

A lot had changed over a short time period, and Nikai had allowed it all to happen. He'd been rather docile, feeling the sensation of unsafety and keeping himself instinctively calm all the while. Now they were at these borders and there were strangers; Nikai felt bashful and he hid himself behind Althaia's front legs. He looked up from behind his mother's legs, his eyes, rimmed by white speckles now, turned up towards the stranger before them.