Greatwater Lake i don't like human nature unless all candied over with art

well -- despite his uncertainty, cam stays with them, and he makes no move against the situation, and it comes to rest. they make a motley crew, him and ibis and mal and cam, all cast from elysium's light in one way or another. 
he wonders if cam has told mal about his father -- if he should, in any case.

in lieu of that okeanos takes himself on a little walk, letting himself drift further from the reaches of the forest than usual (he tells @Ibis what his plans are, of course). pointedly he curves his path down and away from elysium, retracing the path he and ibis took the first time to arrive at neverwinter. no real reason beyond an itch in his bones, but he must have left later than he thought, for night has fallen by the time he looks up and realizes he's reached the lake again. okeanos stops, first realizing with slight dismay he'll need to rest before he can head back, and then noticing the figure of the girl blanketed against the earth. he follows the direction of her snout up at the stars. last time he was here, he'd woven that story with ibis about cerulean and her drake -- it takes him a minute, but he finds the star they'd named, and feels comforted. 

without realizing it he'd allowed himself to drift closer to the girl; afraid of frightening her or being rude, he says politely, "beautiful night, isn't it?" and gestures skyward, hoping he hasn't misinterpreted her posture.