Blackbeak Bluff correct and magnificent

before long runa returned to the environment that made the most sense to her. longing filled her—a desire to go to the sea and be embraced by it, to clean the strangeness of the forest from her body, and drift.. to be a speck of emptiness floating upon the great wide ocean, which was one of her favorite things!

this place was too high for such a game. she watched the gulls careening overhead, eyeing them with such intensity it was a wonder their little hearts did not rupture, or they did not fall plummeting to the sea with that focused stare.

more than once runa had been tempted to run and leap from these cliffs—just to see what all the fuss was about, since the birds loved to fly so much—but her survival instinct was much stronger than any recklessness that plagued her.

as she meandered closer, she thought she spied a dark shape—maybe her mother, more than likely a stranger. here in this place she felt the most powerful, and so she did not hide immediately. neither did the girl welcome them with any sound, however.