Dragoncrest Cliffs This place is all he's ever known

It took nothing for her to explain to him why she had stuck the stick in the sands. She told him that she was watching the tides change, that she wished to see their distance for herself. The young boy flicked a single ear sideways. He looked out to the stick to see that the waves already lapped past where it had been stuck. Her experiment was working well, it seemed.

Swordfish wondered if Suzu had always been bright. Anytime he saw her, she seemed to radiate an energy and light from her being. The boy didn’t understand it, but he didn’t think it was awful. She intrigued him – never enough to really investigate, but just enough that she caught his eye whenever they might pass.

Will ya lose the stick? he asked her quietly, eyes squinting on the pole that stood strong and defiant against the touch of water.

Suzu offered a piece of her crab. The boy looked to her curiously, lips curving just at their edges into a soft smile.

If yer sure? Yeah…

The young boy stepped beside her and plopped down on his belly.