Dragoncrest Cliffs This place is all he's ever known

Even if she didn’t think it would work, she humored his idea. Swordfish watched as she leapt atop a stump with tangling roots. The beast of curling branches was horrifying to look at. If he had seen its shadow in the dark, he might have turned tail and raced back home. That realization left a strange sense of self-loathing in his belly.

For Suzu, the boy would appear visibly shocked. His hooded eyes would blink slowly while his jaw fell open to gape. When she laughed and his mind caught up to the fact that she had been joking, Swordfish shook his head and clapped his mouth shut again. He’d almost believed her. He had almost thought she wanted to try lugging that great big thing across the beach. What a nightmare…

Thought ya might lift that thing on yer back and trot it right over, he said in reference to the behemoth stump she’d stood on a moment before. What about that over there? he perked his ears and stared across the beach at a round chunk of driftwood with a few thick poking branches.