Bramblepoint königinklinge

compelled, elated, harassed, confused; he pointedly left diaspora and the sum of it behind for a foray down into the lands below the mountains.
sun wheeled in white skies; mahler found himself farther than he had wanted to be, and prowled into the cold shadows of a thick firth.
he would not be able to return until morning, but then, mahler surmised with a stab of bitterness, takiyok could lead in his stead. was that not what ketzia had said?
he remembered this place from the last time he had been so close; a smile curved his lips to think of fierce queen @Hydra. how would she consider his coursing now?