Firefly Glen When Doves Cry

He'd grown out of it some, but there was still something about forests that unnerved him. Far more than talk of trees, however, he was disturbed by the idea of living on the coast.

"No sea," he said decisively, though he did check her expression to see if this disappointed his maybe-future-queen. "We can be close, but... I think I've had enough of the sea."

It was the sea that had taken Chakliux, and half of Dutch Morningside with him.

"Cliffs sound good," he went on. "Something we can stand on and survey the land from. We can stand there and look down at strangers and say, 'Whyever have you grown so small? I say, you look no bigger than a louse!'"

He stole another glance at Kinusi. Was he funny? Was he? Was he??