Blackwater Islands the frozen sea

He needed not speak to enjoy her company, especially in knowing that the seaside alone was enough to occupy him. In this setting, he was surrounded by both Mother Sea and Mother Moon and it brought him a sense of peace. Not to mention the fact that the exotic woman resting in the shallows with him both loved and seas and night skies as well, a daughter of the Mothers all the same.

When she stilled, falling to slumber, he smiled, head falling so throat and chin could rest on the cool rock he settled on, his forelimbs on either side of his cheeks. He watched her for a moment until he too fell asleep to the sound of the waves around him. 

When he woke, he would not know if she would be there, though hoped that some day, not far off, they would meet again.