Ocean's Breath Plateau ships going down, Captain

"she brought me to moonspear, as a trade." kukutux spoke the words stiffly, realizing the weight of them and wishing in no way to dishonor whatever memory of their pale once-queen he held. "i do not believe i heard your voice many times," the girl went on, feeling as if the salt wind might spiral down her throat and carry out the words itself.

she blinked against the lash of it. "i am kukutux." only agana had ever truly known who she had been; that part of the duck had faded with her memories of courtfall and the sting of her last parting with the elf.