Yes, the mermanta rumbled, his mental voice holding a note of emphatic agreement with Sunjata's comparison. Not unlike the mythical hydra, these void flowers were tenacious - and vengeful. The task was never-ending, but that did not mean it wasn't worth doing.
One support down, this time much faster than the previous pilings Hadama had sunk thanks to Sunjata's help, and they were able to take a short rest while waiting for the next one to arrive. He was able to turn his attention fully to the Flood as the man reported the strange behavior of the river stars - and the unicorns.
Mmh. The river stars here, too. But unicorns... He trailed off thoughtfully, a grim tension in his jaw as he looked towards the horizon and the new island that lay beyond it. The silence stretched as he pulled his thoughts together, slowly and carefully, and it wasn't until the next piling arrived and was being lowered into the water atop the next marking stone that he spoke again to the demigod of Frey.
...Are the void-born are something new to Caido? Twisted forms created as dark fascimiles of the local plants and animals? Or were they changed from their original forms? Corrupted but still rooted in the world's natural order?
One support down, this time much faster than the previous pilings Hadama had sunk thanks to Sunjata's help, and they were able to take a short rest while waiting for the next one to arrive. He was able to turn his attention fully to the Flood as the man reported the strange behavior of the river stars - and the unicorns.
Mmh. The river stars here, too. But unicorns... He trailed off thoughtfully, a grim tension in his jaw as he looked towards the horizon and the new island that lay beyond it. The silence stretched as he pulled his thoughts together, slowly and carefully, and it wasn't until the next piling arrived and was being lowered into the water atop the next marking stone that he spoke again to the demigod of Frey.
...Are the void-born are something new to Caido? Twisted forms created as dark fascimiles of the local plants and animals? Or were they changed from their original forms? Corrupted but still rooted in the world's natural order?
