Ocean's Breath Plateau the feathered wings of jeweled gods

Something made noise behind her, and Brook froze in her tracks. Her father was off doing important things, and she had been left to her own devices. She dreaded such times, but they were necessary. She knew he could not be beholden to her presence wherever he went. Brook knew she was a burden to him, even if Aditya insisted otherwise.

Slowly, the girl turned around, stiff and alert as the other approached. He was the one her father had been speaking to, apparently permitted to stay here on the plateau with them. She froze, unable to move. In the fight, flight, or freeze scheme of things, Brook's mind had chosen the latter.