Ocean's Breath Plateau whisper wind

Seal traveled west as her thoughts turned to Maggak and Acrux. Just after her arrival home, the siblings had bounced. They were too young to disperse, Seal thought… though she knew this to be untrue. For example, her sister Orca heeded the call of the wild at a young age, too.

But why would they leave before their coming-of-age ceremony? Seal wondered as she ruminated on the inconceivable notion, too tunnel-visioned and fixated on her ambitions to make space and entertain any other way of life.

Before she knew it, Seal could smell the sea.