The man appeared unmoved by her words, though his stoic expression was difficult to read. As his gaze settled on her own mask once more he considered the stretching antlers and the shape of bone, so alien to the shores of his home. At her curt question he simply looked at her, a single steely brow raising in silent reproof.
"You came. And now there is damage to the cathedral that stands between air and water. The bridge between sky and sea." He spoke slowly, each word chosen carefully before it was released in contrast to the stranger's hasty way of speech. "After the Torchers worked hard to see it protected." Water swirled around his ribs, the force of the waves gentler past the protective reef so that he didn't have to work to remain relatively still amid the light, playful currents off the sandbar.
The trick was in knowing where the riptides began, and how far they flowed.
"The cathedral of Stormbreak was also damaged. Are you allied with the ones who did it?"
"You came. And now there is damage to the cathedral that stands between air and water. The bridge between sky and sea." He spoke slowly, each word chosen carefully before it was released in contrast to the stranger's hasty way of speech. "After the Torchers worked hard to see it protected." Water swirled around his ribs, the force of the waves gentler past the protective reef so that he didn't have to work to remain relatively still amid the light, playful currents off the sandbar.
The trick was in knowing where the riptides began, and how far they flowed.
"The cathedral of Stormbreak was also damaged. Are you allied with the ones who did it?"
