Wheeling Gull Isle backwards with purpose

please allow @Huojin to post first also @Huā @Aiolos

The chance encounter with Lionel had not delayed her long; Alya was soon arriving on the island's proverbial doorstep alongside Huojin, still wet from traversing the sandbar and not quite happy about it.

At once, she tipped back her head to howl for Huā, eager to get the niceties over with so that she could find a place to dry off and rest for a moment. Perhaps the leader could be persuaded to allow her to remain as a more permanent guest; she had no intentions of returning to Moonspear just yet, after all, but also no firmer plan in mind. It would be a safe enough home base to use while she explored the coast at her leisure.