Sea Lion Shores -1°C

his attention snapped from the lounging creatures to the greyscale sylph the moment the words had left her mouth. "what did you say?" he questioned, half because he couldn't hear her between the barking sea lions and crashing waves, and half because he had heard say something, but not in any language he understood.

it had sounded like an insult based on her tone alone but he assumed he had just misheard, primarily because he hadn't been listening very closely to begin with.