oceans rise, empires fall, we have seen each other through it all
First sunlight in Flowerbirth, and Shaju comes to say hello.
He has chosen this place especially for Nate; a natural cavern which floods with every rise and fall of the tide, a cavern which has cracked along the curved ceiling to let light splinter and beam down into it when the sun is up. Into the far wall, chains have been set - not long enough to allow the Ascended to float up and escape through one of the cracks, oh no - but enough to see the world above. Infuriating, he's sure.
The tide is low now, as he strolls through Rae's Fingers to visit. The most recent low tide; there have been a few over the past few days and nights, and Nate will be well accustomed to their comings and goings by now. When he arrives, Shaju merely stands, his hands behind his back, expectant.
Expectant for what? That's for him to know, and for Nate to try and find out.
He has chosen this place especially for Nate; a natural cavern which floods with every rise and fall of the tide, a cavern which has cracked along the curved ceiling to let light splinter and beam down into it when the sun is up. Into the far wall, chains have been set - not long enough to allow the Ascended to float up and escape through one of the cracks, oh no - but enough to see the world above. Infuriating, he's sure.
The tide is low now, as he strolls through Rae's Fingers to visit. The most recent low tide; there have been a few over the past few days and nights, and Nate will be well accustomed to their comings and goings by now. When he arrives, Shaju merely stands, his hands behind his back, expectant.
Expectant for what? That's for him to know, and for Nate to try and find out.
SHAJU
