Ankyra Sound and do the aqua-boogie, win lots of goodies maybe

as val weaved between the impressive boughs of his ancestor's home (unwitting, even, of his ties here), he spied a ripple of blue light dancing along the waves. astride that magnetic blue glow was a dark shadow spearing through the lapping waves.

the boy watched in hushed awe. he assumed this was but another titan of this giant realm -- and he simply the tiny out of place visitor.

he jumped as he heard a chuff; the leviathan that waded fearlessly among the tidewater had spied him.

tail low and ears submissively flat, val stepped from the dark line of trees. he wanted to wait for this stranger to speak, but suddenly his inquisitive nature got the better of him. "are you a giant too?" val queried, assuming kharybdis was perfectly at home among this fairy-tale domain of wytches, giants, and sprites.