Noctisardor Bypass the longships

mahler chuckled gently. "it is confusing. but i mean that you should see vith your ears." not just hear or listen. "vatch."
mahler faced the night and shut his eyes. 
wind rose in the pines around the lagoon. it shown upon the water, which rippled only slightly against the boulders. above him, the rustle of branches.
"vhen ve listen, ve learn how rivenvood is at night. the sound of the trees speaking. the —" again, the haunting song of a loon, somewhere out of sight upon birdsong.
"and you begin to learn who is avake at night, as vell."