It had taken some time to get used to the idea that landfolk had things they didn't want to get wet... but then, the Mer had things they didn't want to dry out. Once Hadama had considered that side of things, his patience had only increased while humans divested themselves of whatever they needed to before slipping into the water.
And at least in Longheat the sea was warm and welcoming now that its volatile Flowerbirth churning had settled and its fury at the new island that had been forced into its heart had been slaked.
As Sunjata joined him and began to shift, Hadama moved back to give the Flood space. The orca was impressive in size, and the drawback the outlander mentioned would likely not even matter for a project so near to shore and the surface. Indeed, the mermanta agreed, while the orca took its first deep breath and then moved to follow him.
It was only a short distance to the first marker, a stone from the rainbow road placed to mark each new spot. Hadama signaled the crew on land to roll the next piling along the dock and tip it into the water where he helped Sunjata position it. Then he left the orca to steadying the large dock support while the mermanta swam down to its base, using his water manipulation to compress water between his hands and shoot it in a powerful jet beneath the pole's base. As the sand was blasted out of the way the pole began to sink slowly into the seabed.
Have you had a chance to ask Frey about the void-touched plants and animals? he asked, curious about what the god of nature thought about these new organisms preying on Vi and Rae's creations. There was a moment of hesitation before he continued, each word measured with a weight of equal dread and stoic determination to face the truth. However hard it might be. Or... about Safrin's fate?
And at least in Longheat the sea was warm and welcoming now that its volatile Flowerbirth churning had settled and its fury at the new island that had been forced into its heart had been slaked.
As Sunjata joined him and began to shift, Hadama moved back to give the Flood space. The orca was impressive in size, and the drawback the outlander mentioned would likely not even matter for a project so near to shore and the surface. Indeed, the mermanta agreed, while the orca took its first deep breath and then moved to follow him.
It was only a short distance to the first marker, a stone from the rainbow road placed to mark each new spot. Hadama signaled the crew on land to roll the next piling along the dock and tip it into the water where he helped Sunjata position it. Then he left the orca to steadying the large dock support while the mermanta swam down to its base, using his water manipulation to compress water between his hands and shoot it in a powerful jet beneath the pole's base. As the sand was blasted out of the way the pole began to sink slowly into the seabed.
Have you had a chance to ask Frey about the void-touched plants and animals? he asked, curious about what the god of nature thought about these new organisms preying on Vi and Rae's creations. There was a moment of hesitation before he continued, each word measured with a weight of equal dread and stoic determination to face the truth. However hard it might be. Or... about Safrin's fate?
