Sunbeam Lair A husband waits outside

Hunst felt better once she offered him a smile. It felt like an intrusion to be here— and it's not like he had much to say to her, either. Given her lineage, his, it would seem as though he were forced to be in this position. Perhaps he was.

But then she mentioned River Sea-Snake. His demeanor changed— something bristled, sensitive. It was a sore, open wound that hadn't fully healed. The politics of it all were lost on Hunst— never a man to bat an eye— but he knew she was of importance.

Family, too.

Aye. It wasn't as though Hunst and River Sea-Snake had a tight connection, but one still there nonethless. Hunst's birth was of a secret entourage on Octopus Island. He never truly knew what life was like on the mainlands.

What's 'yer big plan, anyway? After all'iss.