Dragoncrest Cliffs riptide

she knew it would come; lucette's jaw opened and the sea sprayed out from it, tinged with bile and salt.

sobeille had already positioned herself away from it, gaze flickering as the heavy step of lafayette informed her he was near.

the look they all shared when lucette asked for maman should have been enough to communicate the dread here: sobeille's expression remained flat as she listened to shadess, then watched as lafayette looked to them helplessly.

bring 'er to de roja den. sobeille nudged at lafayette to shoulder lucette's weight, while shadess stood crutch on the girl's opposite side. being sapphique's only remaining herbalist, sobeille knew lucette would need tonics to regain her strength, and come to grips with all that transpired in sapphique these last weeks.