Iktome Plains resurgence

it is a new day, that is the motto that she keeps within her mind as she travels.

there are many things that swarm her mind as she travels alongside the boy she has seemingly come to raise, though many of these thoughts falter on her inability to look past her mistakes. in many ways, iseul still holds a personal grudge against herself for what the isle succumbed to, though must come to look beyond everything when the ocean breeze comes to sweep against her coat.

they would need to find a pack, eventually. the winter would be rough and matteo still needed more training with being on his own, should that be a path he ever wanted to take. but for now, they still had just a tad more time to enjoy what this landscape could offer. when matteo mentions the ocean, she takes a deep breath of the salt air with a calmed expression.

she looks upon his curiosity with a soft smile. "too big," she comes to say, "can swim if careful. and fish here too." it would be best if he learned to be wary of these things, but iseul was not one to spoil fun. she had wanted to show the children the ocean a time ago, and finally it seems to unfold before her.

a crab comes to sidewind across the sand, and iseul nudges matteo to look towards the crustacean. "look, 게. crab." she learned the translation from a woman she met along the coast in what felt to be a long time ago.