Noctisardor Bypass the longships

Although she didn’t necessarily understand his answer, she accepted it. She nodded, going still at the sound of a splash off in the darkness. She looked to Mahler, anticipating a reaction of some kind, and was rewarded with an explanation.

I tried to catch a fish once, she shared with him, thinking of that day when she and Skaigona had approached Malila on the shore. I wasn’t very good at it. They’re fast! And slippery too, Druid marveled.

A pulse of light overhead startled a small gasp from the child. She tipped her head back to peer straight upward, watching as the sky illuminated in rapid, noiseless flashes. Druid had witnessed lightning before, yet never without the accompaniment of rain and thunder. Her brow furrowed, mismatched eyes skittering to the Graf’s face, questioning.