Sea Lion Shores You were alone

I'm sorry about that! Thank you!

She could not recognize the appreciation in his glacial gaze - so rare was the emotion expressed to the girl. Her eyes landed on his wagging tail briefly, her own pendulum swinging slowly once, twice as if she had forgotten how. 

As the titan turned, the wind shifted - Kai's feathery fur ruffling in response. Her glass gaze landed briefly on the scars - wondering vaguely who had given Cry his. She peered curiously around the raven as he reached forward, dark crown sweeping back the foliage to reveal -

Kai balked. 

Dark. All-encompassing pitch, too thick to see the limbs her head rested on - right beneath her nose. Tula was gone - a vague memory of the bird fleeing through the treetops only after being urged on by the wolfdog's desperate rasp. 

She'd been in the dark so long - pain radiated through the back of her skull, reminding her of how she'd found herself in the abyss in the first place. 

Pain. Dark. And then a voice. 

The naiad's foot edged back half a step, pale gaze rising to meet Cry's once more as the memory faded.

"Will you come with me?" She mouthed hesitantly, glancing at the cave as if it might suddenly grow teeth and devour her. It was certainly big enough and she had no desire to be alone in the dark.