The Sentinels "Courage!" he said, and pointed toward the land

her question curled his ears forward and pulled his smile into a bittersweet tug. "it is not, though it is what i have always imagined home to feel like." he felt a connection to these woods that he never had with the shores of saltlight. yet that did not make the feeling of loneliness any less present.

he missed the laughter of his kin, the warm breeze of southern winds, the friends and neighbors he'd left behind. he did not doubt that in time these feelings would fade, but that is what he feared. he held precious memories of his birthplace, and he did not wish them to wither away in to distant memory.

"what of you stelmaria, do you call these lands home?"