Ankyra Sound cutthroat

Time passed and still Haunt couldn't quite orient herself around the hole left by her brother. A dozen times a day, she wondered if she'd made the right choice by not going with @Vex. She wondered if she might've been swayed if he'd wanted to go find @Arbiter instead of @Kaertok's godforsaken lineage. Sometimes she even considered going to find their mother on her own, rather than try to make it work here. She loved Sapphique but nothing felt the same without family.

The young huntress padded idly along the beach, having forgotten her silent vow to avoid it. Her feet carried her past the invisible line in the sand, not that she realized it. It was rather misty today, with extremely limited visibility. Once more, Haunt thought of the fortunetelling witch. Because she wasn't sure what else to do with herself, Haunt experimentally closed her eyes and kept walking along the cool, sifting sands. She slowed down to a shuffle, paying closer attention to what she could feel, hear and smell.

A sudden and jarringly loud sound made her eyes snap open. Ahead, she could see a shape through the fog. At first, Haunt couldn't make sense of what she was seeing. But then she realized this must be a seal. She dug her toes into the stand and watched as the surprisingly large and ungainly animal humped its way toward the water, bugling warnings as it went.