Blacktail Deer Plateau of star & sea

sat on a hill, mei watched rìzhào paint the sky in warm shades that betrayed the chill of this northern land. it'd been quite some time since she consulted cāng, as she was truly trying to live in the moment. but it felt wrong to let silence grow for so long between them, especially now that she'd strayed from the coast. only those who stayed by the sea could even form a connection to the gods. that prompted a fearful prayer from past her lips:

如果我走了太久，我会失去你吗? if she even received "maybe" as an answer, mei would not hesitate to leave this place & return where she belonged.

but such was not the answer she received. 您已经接受了海洋和星星进入您的内心。到了那里，我们永远不会离开，梅。 part of her was relieved to hear this, but another was frustrated; she'd latch onto any reason at all to escape from this prison of green.

我渴望我们发现的那个小岛，我觉得它像是要成为我们的新家一样拖着我的灵魂。 her sisters told her they'd found family here. was that not enough for them to be self-sufficient?

您不必永远停留在高原上。除了死亡，其他一切都是暂时的。记住, cāng advised. those words rang in mei's head as she internalized them. she didn't know when, but someday, they would inhabit the isle. what other way was there to interpret this prophecy but that? her impatience grew.