Gyrfalcon's Keep red hill

a growl follows and then, a small miracle rusalka believes, a name.

granite.

with that, rusalka reclines upon his haunches, golden gaze soft as he studies the boy; wondering just how far from home he's strayed.

granite, murmurs the leviathan thoughtfully; testing the boy's name out on his tongue, in his accent. starkly different from his wife's but still prevalent all the same.

...where is home for you? rusalka inquires next, tactician's mind already mapping out a plan to see the boy back home, assuming that he had one and wanted to return. the ... circumstances leading to this current situation remain an unknown to rusalka but he assumes that the boy has parents searching for him.