Stavanger Bay On a stormy sea of moving emotion

Another snap and then the scent of a strange halted her leave seconds before she spotted the woman. Eyes swept over the other quickly to assess the mood, noting the calm but tense posturing. Taking a breath she noted a detail overlooked because of the saltiness of the sea water both in and outside of her nose, this was territory overlooked. "Hello, I'm just pass-" she started her tone polite but cool enough that it would have made quick work of any potential conversation. Suddenly movement to her side and with the sharpest sensation she had ever felt a familiar voice doing the work for her shouting at the strange woman. 

Orochi. The dragon wasn't so small anymore, she would have smiled if not for the sudden inability to breathe as the boy turned to look at her. It was almost sad to see a lack of anger, she had expected the raging inferno of a temper she had hated and also grown to love anyway. What had he thought of her disappearance? She opened her maw to reply and caught sight of his missing limb, eyes widening for a moment as it sank in. An entire leg lost...had he gotten into an accident or lost it in another fight? Either way she felt ashamed that she hadn't been there. "Orochi" her tone was warmer and fragile, wavering just a bit as she looked to the stranger and shook her head before turning back to him her tail tense and held still nervous that this would go wrong "Just came ashore. You're looking strong. Not that I thought you wouldn't" the compliment fell without hesitation, a burst of warmth loosening her muscles as she revelled in the truth of it. He looked every bit the warrior he used to scream about becoming and hope blossomed in her chest that he had kept an eye on the others left behind too, sticking with them. She breathed in his scent and swallowed a trickle of grief as she found it nearly foreign save for his own which had become different in itself. Unsure what to say she straightened herself up trying to rid herself of the weariness that had taken over in the moments she stopped moving while waiting to see what he would say if anything.