Greatwater Lake with a warmth inside, i walk into the dark

Psamathe wasted no time when they reached the water, and dunked herself immediately under the chilly water. A Nereides without damp fur, or at least a crust of the Mother's salt on her hackles, was no Nereides at all, and the young Adept was no different in this. Akantha too met the waters jubilantly, and bent to drink from their surface. Psamathe resisted the urge to do so herself, instead choosing to look Junior over critically.

“The Mothers welcome all Their daughters, and so too do we,” she concluded, following Akantha's example. There was, however, the pressing concern of Junior's past to address, and so Psamathe had to ask, “do you bring whatever threatens you there amongst my sisters?”