Ouroboros Spine preserve the evidence

trespassing! very fast, very sneak.

how far was too far?

the salt licked the air here, if only barely.

she slunk in the dark; the sun had gone down nearly at midday, and the cold was refreshing, the dark a boon to the girl as she picked her way south... south? she really didn't know.

from a ledge she could look back, and there on the horizon she saw the glimmering sea. it was so far! she was so far; but so long as she could still see it, runa felt alright.

up, up, up, through the dark between the trees, until the scent of pine was everywhere and she had briefly forgotten the tether to the sea. something moved — she stood upright, eyes wide, jaw hinging readily in case of danger.

breathing in through her slack teeth, she thought something smelled... warm. like meat, like blood, like — food? food! and she is again moving, sauntering and weaving, until the scent is strongest. it is thick within the earth, which she finds peculiar, but runa is curious, and she is hungry, so she digs.