Blackwater Islands the frozen sea

Hydra... He spoke, looking with an intense gaze at the brightened stars out in the darkness of the sky. His fiery gaze narrowed, focusing. That's a beautiful name. He whispered, turning his attention then back towards the sooty brown and tan colored woman. With a dark crown, he wondered if she were related to the Nereides crone he had met once before. The female before him however, obviously had not lost her faith in the seas as the crone had. 

He is silent again for some time, his gaze moving between the brightly lit sky and the waves washing over the beach before them. Every so often he would steal a glance to the woman off to his side.