Gilded Bay It's the heat that drives the light

The bay is not far from where she and @Govinda stake their claim.  Old habits die hard; Izel is protective of the gilded territory and its treasures as she had been the lands surrounding Shearwater during her time as their matriarch.  When she sees his rough silhouette cut against the waters she bristles and marches swiftly forward with her long limbs, clipped gait leading her directly towards the stranger.

He begins to cough and she slows.  These beaten down strays have a tendency to find her.  Her withers lower, no longer creating a jagged edge against her haloed silhouette, and she chuffs to catch the brute's attention.