Ankyra Sound as grief can tear apart the soul (discovery)

Discovery thread for Ankyra Sound. All welcome, Nereides preferred. Please join if you'll be able to prioritize this thread in the evening hours of Central Standard Time.

Landmark: Megalith Forest

There had been no sequoias in Themiscrya; trees, yes, but not these giants, whose roots grew as tall as the trees she had grown up knowing... whose branches then grew higher, still. It was humbling, almost exposing... the ocean never made Aktaiê feel small, but these silent giants caused shivers deep in her bones. They grew right to the edge of the cliffs, some even bearing roots in the rock and jutting at odd angles. It would be fearsome to stand on the sands beneath them, though they did not shudder even when the heavy winds of autumn came.

They offered protection at the southern border of the cliffs. If enemies were to invade the Nereides' territory, the sirens would be able to run them on unfamiliar ground; herding them like lemmings to the open drop on the other side of the forest. It wasn't a large forest — not enough to claim for itself, like some of the others in the Wilds — but just enough to get lost in, particularly around the giant trunks. The remnants of a fire, she supposed; or that which the Sea had not yet reclaimed.

She pressed her nose against one of the trees, inhaling and exhaling against it... an odd gesture, and one she would be embarrassed by if someone were to catch her. But Aktaiê wanted to understand these sentinels, so close to the sea's edge.