Ocean's Breath Plateau thorn boy

Puffin, too, had noticed her mother's swift decline. One moment she was home and whole and all was well — and in the next moment that dark cloud of sickness had returned to hang over them all. Or so it felt.

Still Puffin tried to be a source of cheer for her parents. She bounced after Chakliux with no particular intention, at least until the pale flash of his tail caught her eye. While he eyed the cormorants for a hunt, Puffin crept up behind him in a hunt of her own. A high war cry burst from her as she leapt for his tail.