Sun Mote Copse stand against the tide

If the terrain was even then it might've been easier to catch Elfie, but he just kept moving out of reach, placing territory between them and changing directions. The fact that Eljay had no idea where they were headed contributed big time to his being unable to quite catch up. It felt like the father was continually just out of reach from the boy. Spending some of his energy on calling out probably didn't help. Elfie, please just wait! he called out. When they passed the borders, Eljay's shouts became a bit more desperate: Please stop! Elfie, it's dangerous out here! Please!

Caught between a panic attack -- from being out there and his son being out there! -- and pressing on -- because his son needed him right now! -- Eljay continued to follow while he bit his lip.

As they reached the roaring waters with the waterfall's noise on the background and Elfie jumped, Eljay's eyes widened. NO!! he called out, and he wanted to jump but was too scared to, so Eljay stopped just in time to not fall over the edge and into the water himself. He watched the water frantically while frozen in place as he repeatedly shouted his son's name --Elfie!! -- and it felt like hours before Elfie surfaced again. Elfie climbed out on the other side and watched Eljay seemingly defiantly. The father loudly called out: Elfie, it's dangerous! You can't just -- Come back here right this instant! There was a note of panic to his voice that he was completely unable to hide and Eljay felt on the verge of tears, but bit them back because the last thing he wanted was to cry in front of his already rebellious son.