Dragoncrest Cliffs Blackpine

The girl did not see anyone around her. She only felt the ocean pulsing all around, as if she were still within its grasp, but also there was fire and smoke and red everything.

As she thrashed and choked she swiftly burned through whatever panicked energy that waking had brought to her. As the adrenaline faded and she managed one decent gulp of air, she sank back and coughed until she couldn't any longer.

She lay prone upon the beach after that, her sides undulating rapidly while her pulse raced, moaning softly in her delirium.