Jigano rarely spent nights away from the Grounds anymore, but some questions could only be answered in the dark. Rory had been quietly accepting of his desire to see the geyser field under cover of dark, to see if there was any luminescence in the waters that might hint at the water's source below, and in truth Jigano was glad to steal a little more time in Torchline's heat as Deepfrost took the Grounds in its teeth and shook.
Fox's eyes and ears were more useful in the dark than human ones, but human hands were best for jotting down notes in the grey-covered journal he held as he walked along the edge of the Rainbow Road, recording the timing of eruptions and the colors at play. There didn't seem to be any sign of glowing water or luminous life within it, alas, but that didn't stop the screeching of the seabirds even in the night, and Jigano paused to follow their raucous cries, stepping lightly along the river's shore until he reached the beach and the crying gulls flying around above it.
Human ears would never have heard the nearby sigh, but his furred fox's ears twitched and he looked for the source curiously, finding a familiar red head washed to pale silver by the moonlight. "Sam?" he called out quietly in surprise. "Is that you?"
Fox's eyes and ears were more useful in the dark than human ones, but human hands were best for jotting down notes in the grey-covered journal he held as he walked along the edge of the Rainbow Road, recording the timing of eruptions and the colors at play. There didn't seem to be any sign of glowing water or luminous life within it, alas, but that didn't stop the screeching of the seabirds even in the night, and Jigano paused to follow their raucous cries, stepping lightly along the river's shore until he reached the beach and the crying gulls flying around above it.
Human ears would never have heard the nearby sigh, but his furred fox's ears twitched and he looked for the source curiously, finding a familiar red head washed to pale silver by the moonlight. "Sam?" he called out quietly in surprise. "Is that you?"
