Gyrfalcon's Keep If I can only Reach

she did not go far from the fringes of the sea.

the salt of it may as well have been part of her blood at this point. perhaps it was for all the salty bitterness she kept close to her heart.

but she watched the stranger with heavy-lidded green eyes. plants scattered from the cliff top, down below. enigma watched each one scatter and drift on breezes.

she watched stiffly from her position below and wondered if the woman might come down.