Totoka River river of time

Ptarmigan was satisfied enough with Amekaze venturing further from the water, but still concern coursed through her like some sort of thick, sluggish adrenaline. Ame didn't appear to be worried, and even said as much, but she wasn't convincing the Endore that it was safe. She expected the lake to swell at any moment and swallow Amekaze, and that was what she watched for.

Yet it never did happen. Even as Amekaze addressed her once more, Ptarmigan continued staring at the water, with an occasional flick of her gaze to the enormous moon. She listened, though, and only chose to speak when the Sunspire wolf uttered an unfamiliar word. “What is a sea? Is that why the moon is so large?” Her voice was still steeped in nervous energy, yet held a note of wonder as well. It would never occur to her that the sea was something larger and more powerful than any lake, nor would she ever truly fathom its greatness.