The light was fading from the sky and the mermanta was leaving the port with it. Although there were some merfolk who preferred the types of trades that happened after dark there, Hadama was not one of them. Still, the city did have a certain alien charm to it that was just different enough from Haulani to give it a hint of the exotic, and there were items there that he'd never seen in Torchline before.
There were wonders to be found among the chicanery of Kaiholo, if one were only wise enough to tell the difference betwixt the two.
Tonight the net attached to his harness floated along at his side, empty in the star-sparkling waters. Its contents had been exchanged for favors that he gathered carefully, a collection of modest size but increasing breadth as he made his thorough plans for the days and project ahead. Now he paused at the edge of the canal where calm, tamed current met the outgoing tide, shell-strewn moon-white sand on either side of the blessed waterway, and turned back to admire the lights of the city as they began to glow in the fading twilight, lending Kaiholo an ephemeral magic that would melt away again with the dawn.
Maea
There were wonders to be found among the chicanery of Kaiholo, if one were only wise enough to tell the difference betwixt the two.
Tonight the net attached to his harness floated along at his side, empty in the star-sparkling waters. Its contents had been exchanged for favors that he gathered carefully, a collection of modest size but increasing breadth as he made his thorough plans for the days and project ahead. Now he paused at the edge of the canal where calm, tamed current met the outgoing tide, shell-strewn moon-white sand on either side of the blessed waterway, and turned back to admire the lights of the city as they began to glow in the fading twilight, lending Kaiholo an ephemeral magic that would melt away again with the dawn.
Maea
