Ankyra Sound then, a vision came to me — when you came along

all good! caiaphas is a big one, kek

the boy lingered a moment, but did not follow.

caiaphas paid him little mind after that, keeping a smile all to herself as she explored the empty pathways of her hallowed home. here, the old faces of tired stone and whetted moss greeted her -- as if the spirits of old comrades come to welcome her return.

she knew not how long she spent down in that cavernous pit, exploring, foraging, fording -- yet no scent of her children or her mate persisted, and eventually the wraith returned to the surface world, her shoulders rounded with newfound ambition.

it seemed strange to visit the bowels of ankyra's hearth, and then just as soon leave -- but the sylph spared the sinking grotto no sympathy as she blazed her way out of the dark tunnels.