Rattleskin Redoubt A world left behind him

the man caught her eye from afar; the red of his fur, the way he walked as if searching for something among the sands. nausicaä slowed to a halt, ears standing tall as she watched him. she wondered, just for a moment, what he was searching for. if he would ever find it.

then she cast her curiosity aside and started toward him, driven by a different desire entirely. she approached slowly, hesitantly, ready to turn away at any moment if he proved a threat. with men, she thought, one could never know.