Ocean's Breath Plateau that ache in your shoulders

for a moment, he thought it was izel. he spun and saw the dark fur and began to walk quickly towards her, then-- no. no, a large male, silver eyes, rather than the murk of the sea queen's. not izel, but a face he hadn't seen before. a small, disappointed sigh escaped his nostrils as he finished the rest of the journey toward the stranger, stopping a few tail-lengths away.

sorry, i don't believe i know you, govinda said, thinking that perhaps this man had mistaken him for someone else, too, and that's why he had called out. can i help you with something? he tried not to sound too put out that he was speaking to someone that wasn't izel. it would be rude to brush this guy off, after all.