Horizon Ridge i've felt this way before; so insecure

For @Ira, when you're back.

It was calming, to see the ocean spanning the horizon below her. Her gaze had last fallen on the Mother many months ago, and this time she had not even her sisters to comfort her on the long journey to the Wilds— and though she longed to go to her Mother's embrace, Meteora felt an unknown fear arise within her as she approached. It would be an honor to find her rest within the Sea's depths, but a worse fate would be the Sea's rejection. And so she kept Her in her sights but did not toe the shallows or draw near enough to hear the crashing waves.

She lay upon the ridge with a heavy sigh, willing herself to sleep though there was no tiredness in her bones. Life bored her, now, though she did not wish to let it go. And so Meteora spent her days sleeping when she did not hunt for some small sustenance. What else was there to do? Life was tame here, compared to life upon the shores of Themiscrya, and as insecure as she felt without the Nereides surrounding her... well, life alone seemed somehow more secure at the moment.

Meteora hated it.