His talk with Adam had finally galvanized him into gathering his courage and stepping through the portal again, this time taking the step that would lead him towards the newest region to have been reached by the Voice's children. He gripped his Guardian Sphere firmly, a grim set to his expression as he stepped out into the bustle of the Port. No stranger to busy towns, he'd simply gone with the flow at first, taking in the hawkers and merchants and other customers.
There was a strange tang in the air, a saltiness he'd never encountered before, and eventually his feet had taken him to the edge of the port where sand stretched from the edge of green jungle down to...
Blue.
The setting sun struck dancing sparks from the waves as they broke a ways out and then lapped gently up to the shore. He stepped out into the sand, feeling the shift of it beneath his boots, and stared speechlessly at the sight of the endless water as far as his eyes could see. Mesmerized by the sound and taste of it as much as the vision of dreams and nightmares, he drifted to the edge of the damp sand, drinking down every novel assault on his senses until he was intoxicated by the novelty of it all. For once Isuma perched silently on his shoulder, as awed as her companion and content to sit and watch their first ocean sunset.
There was a strange tang in the air, a saltiness he'd never encountered before, and eventually his feet had taken him to the edge of the port where sand stretched from the edge of green jungle down to...
Blue.
The setting sun struck dancing sparks from the waves as they broke a ways out and then lapped gently up to the shore. He stepped out into the sand, feeling the shift of it beneath his boots, and stared speechlessly at the sight of the endless water as far as his eyes could see. Mesmerized by the sound and taste of it as much as the vision of dreams and nightmares, he drifted to the edge of the damp sand, drinking down every novel assault on his senses until he was intoxicated by the novelty of it all. For once Isuma perched silently on his shoulder, as awed as her companion and content to sit and watch their first ocean sunset.
