At least she had not been completely alone in that time between years. Hadama tilted his head in quiet satisfaction that she had been safe and loved among the stars, even if her family had not been whole during that time.
What little he knew of the Taliesin clan was that it was, above all, complicated. And that he could not hope to begin to understand all the currents and riptides that hid beneath the outward surface of it.
The Tidebreaker joined her in lifting his head to the sky, eyes tracing the familiar constellations there and taking comfort from their slow and stately dance across the heavens. The dragon's trill was a welcome accompaniment to the music of the surf as it broke in a quiet, rhythmic susurration against the island as they spoke.
"Mmn. I think I am beginning to learn," the former-Mer admitted after letting the quiet stretch companionably between them. He was not of the land, but he was no longer fully of the sea. Still, he had grown to love all of Torchline, both its deepest waters and its highest islands in the clouds, in a way he was unsure anyone else could truly understand. "Would you tell me what it is like? Safrin's realm?" he asked of her daughter, and it was the stoic Tidebreaker's voice that held the barest hint of wistfulness.
What little he knew of the Taliesin clan was that it was, above all, complicated. And that he could not hope to begin to understand all the currents and riptides that hid beneath the outward surface of it.
The Tidebreaker joined her in lifting his head to the sky, eyes tracing the familiar constellations there and taking comfort from their slow and stately dance across the heavens. The dragon's trill was a welcome accompaniment to the music of the surf as it broke in a quiet, rhythmic susurration against the island as they spoke.
"Mmn. I think I am beginning to learn," the former-Mer admitted after letting the quiet stretch companionably between them. He was not of the land, but he was no longer fully of the sea. Still, he had grown to love all of Torchline, both its deepest waters and its highest islands in the clouds, in a way he was unsure anyone else could truly understand. "Would you tell me what it is like? Safrin's realm?" he asked of her daughter, and it was the stoic Tidebreaker's voice that held the barest hint of wistfulness.
