Dragoncrest Cliffs all that my heart longs for,

first it had been val to go missing -- now regin.

he had tracked her to the slopes and there her scent faded, scoured by the whipping winds along the polished stones. he sat here now, peering down at a sea as restless and unforgiving as the clouds above.

footsteps, behind him. val turned an ear, and then his head -- a bright smile chasing away the clouds that gathered in his eyes as he beheld erzulie. "maman!"