Sea Lion Shores and like the sky my soul is also turning

SORRY AAH. He's supa awks. Exit Atlas~

When there was nothing left to be said, and a great silence swelled between them, Atlas took the opportunity to depart in earnest. He would remain within a safe distance in case something befell the girl - as he was trained to do - but no longer lingered for conversation. She seemed distracted by the pile of objects anyway, and set about gathering whatever trinkets caught her fancy; many of which were things he had tossed aside in his childish battle against her. If something did befall their newest recruit, Atlas wondered if he really would come to her rescue... But that thought was stricken from his mind as he set to work, and began to nose his way through the rocks again.