Arialla
A shadow moving across the beach catches Arialla's attention. She looks up, shading her eyes from the setting sun ...
"What is that?" she says aloud. The creature flying above her is huge, and ... metallic? She shifts her eyes into an eagle's for a better view, but getting a closer look at the thing creates more questions than answers. "What is that?"
Arialla's first instinct is to hide, even though the strange giant metal bird doesn't seem interested in her. It strikes her as dangerous -- and as something beyond her ability to fight. Maybe she'll take a rain check to this whole "returning to civilization" thing.
Turning back to the water, she quickly wades out deeper and shifts back to her dolphin form, figuring it's better to take a dive than to hope she can outfly whatever that thing is.
"What is that?" she says aloud. The creature flying above her is huge, and ... metallic? She shifts her eyes into an eagle's for a better view, but getting a closer look at the thing creates more questions than answers. "What is that?"
Arialla's first instinct is to hide, even though the strange giant metal bird doesn't seem interested in her. It strikes her as dangerous -- and as something beyond her ability to fight. Maybe she'll take a rain check to this whole "returning to civilization" thing.
Turning back to the water, she quickly wades out deeper and shifts back to her dolphin form, figuring it's better to take a dive than to hope she can outfly whatever that thing is.
"Bottlenose dolphin" by WIlly Volk is licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
