Gilded Bay and all your money won't another minute buy

Dwin had decided that she would continue her journey along the coast eastwards in the hopes of meeting Val at some point. She knew that his home was located somewhere, but she did not know the specifics. Normally, uncertainty would annoy her, but now she found joy in life's little mysteries. It was almost beautiful not to know everything. This meant that there were still things to learn and discover. 

At first glance the old agouti wolf had appeared as a large, oddly shaped piece of driftwood to her. And only later, when it moved, she recognized that this was - in fact - a wolf. Since there was no way of going around the guy without making her presence known, she decided to approach him and see if he was in the mood of company. Maybe the appeal to her was that the man was of older generation and he reminded her of Eljay. She missed her dad and just maybe a conversation with someone his age would quench that feeling. 

"Good-day, fellow traveller," she greeted the elder in a respectful voice. She sat down at a polite distance and with her head tilted to the side, asked: "What secrets has the ocean revealed to you today?"