Ankyra Sound invisible ghosts

This is and was and they had no intention of staying—a true pity, he thought.

It was broadsided by the inclusion of Aningan's statement, however. Valtari could not withhold the chuckle that came to him, even as his gaze swept out to the turmoil evident in the roll and rise of the sea. It did not linger there long before righting itself to the paler of the pair briefly.

"I do not fear the anger of the sea nor stone," and it was a boastful sort of tongue to use, though he did not question if it would damn him yet. "I am a child of such. It was this very sea that led me here." It was also his nose that led him here, but that was a given, just as his eyes told him much of the unsettling ripple in the wolves like the tide. Were they a timid sort? He could only wonder, and would base such as they received him.

"To where do you plan to roam then?"