Ocean's Breath Plateau snakebite

a scent on the wind; he lifted his chin, catching the barest glimpse of his flighty daughter before she spirited herself away again. smiling, he stared in that direction for a little while before his attention was tugged away by pharaoh's promise. 

good, aditya replied. that is all i ask. consider this your new home, then.

that business settled, he began to walk along the border, nodding at the young man to follow him. have you traveled far from yuelong? he asked, ears swiveling as to not miss the response. if you are tired, i can show you where we've made our sleeping places. within the trees, sheltered from the sea wind.

resurrection forest, he'd began to call it, though he had not shared the name with anyone else. it was where he had been nursed back to health by the woman izel, after he'd washed up on the beach, bloodied, broken, with bruised ego.