The Sea of Dreams lay open and exposed beneath the stars. Dangerous, yes, but quietly dangerous in the way a blade was quiet before it was drawn. Softly threatening. Like much of Caido. Whatever threat lingered here was patient and environmental, not immediate, not moving toward her. So Noah's keen griffin eyes mved back to her frame.
She had changed. He watched her rise, saw the way her attention tracked him with practiced wariness. The tension in her stance read clearly even at altitude. She was not a wanderer lost to illusion. She was alert. Ready. Whatever threat she thought he was, she was ready to take him on in full force.
It was that that made him decide to stop. Noah angled his wings and began a controlled descent. At a careful distance here he was far enough not to crowd, but close enough to be unmistakably present, he folded inward. The massive griffin form breaking and reforming in a rush of sensation. Feathers receded, talons shortened, wings collapsing into shoulders and arms as his boots met salt with a muted crunch.
Standing, Noah raised his hands up, palms towards her. He did not advance. "I saw your camp and wanted to make sure you weren’t about to be surprised by something worse than the salt." or worse than me, he left out.
She had changed. He watched her rise, saw the way her attention tracked him with practiced wariness. The tension in her stance read clearly even at altitude. She was not a wanderer lost to illusion. She was alert. Ready. Whatever threat she thought he was, she was ready to take him on in full force.
It was that that made him decide to stop. Noah angled his wings and began a controlled descent. At a careful distance here he was far enough not to crowd, but close enough to be unmistakably present, he folded inward. The massive griffin form breaking and reforming in a rush of sensation. Feathers receded, talons shortened, wings collapsing into shoulders and arms as his boots met salt with a muted crunch.
Standing, Noah raised his hands up, palms towards her. He did not advance. "I saw your camp and wanted to make sure you weren’t about to be surprised by something worse than the salt." or worse than me, he left out.
Noah
I am no longer a stone
I can't walk into the shadows alone
I can't walk into the shadows alone
