Ocean's Breath Plateau She calls me from the cold just when I was low, feeling short of stable

Raiyuk had followed the woman at a good distance, keeping an eye out for dangers while she went about her day. When she went to the water, the boy followed and could be seen presumably foraging among the rocks; overturning some, digging at others, and working.

He wanted to do all the things: protect the lodge, protect his father's wives, gather for the family, continue his training in the sea, watch out for Moontide; it was a lot for one person and yet he would never complain. When his father went away Raiyuk became the man of the lodge, and much was expected of him.

Finding little among the rocks though, Raiyuk tosses the barnacled piece of slate and listens to it clatter across others, and sink in to sand after. He looks to the waterline where Marina is moving about.