Ocean's Breath Plateau Truth is hard

oh, no, thank you—i'm okay, aditya replied, giving rodyn a grateful smile. truthfully, i haven't had much of an appetite lately. getting old and all. . .

he settled beside rodyn with a sound between a groan and sigh, the latter escaping his nostrils as he watched the western sky start to lighten as the sun rose behind them.

i wanted to thank you again for taking us in, he went on. i know it's not easy, with more mouths to feed—especially a lot of children. we certainly wouldn't have wanted to impose, except with dutch leaving—our numbers grew too small. we had no choice.

aditya looked at moontide's patient leader. i'll be out looking for him soon, he told rodyn. if we can't find him, then we'll move on. but if he's sick or hurt out there, and we can bring him back—that's my top priority.