Ocean's Breath Plateau white flag

He knew he could not continue to struggle against the slough, so he went north - mostly out of convenience, as the ground became more steady the further north he crept, and by the time Revui took a moment to breathe his airway became choked with salt. The saline in the air would have completely hidden the scent of blood that came creeping, had it not been for his (somewhat unnatural) interest in the aroma; he thought maybe it was the Blackfeather girl from the moors again, and gave chase across the plateau, until he caught sight of a shadowed silhouette cutting a rugged shape against a backdrop of moody blue-gray. For a split second the tired boy thought of Arcturus, and he let out a deep chuff of greeting — but stopped short on his approach and grew wary soon after, remembering that they'd started to grow apart just before Revui's flight from the mountain.