Northstar Vale ( 夜明け ) fear not this light

Tamar! A beautiful name; he was smitten.

Alone, he answered with a little nod, bird-like.

His mouth suddenly felt so dry. Nowhere to go, came the elucidation, which was the truth. Shinra had gotten to the mainland and he'd run until he couldn't, and then crawled up the mountain, and was here now, bereft.

He turned away from her to look at the mountain looming behind him; it rose like some imperious crown in to the haze of burning sky.

When he turned back he was again, sheepish.

Sorry.