"Yes," Kel agreed, though a little more hesitantly. It was beautiful, but also terrifying in its vastness and the mysteries it held in its depths. No child of the Hidden would ever make the mistake of thinking the two things separate; beauty and danger often came hand in hand among the long-lived - and humans, too, for that matter.
"Ahi Coast? Does the name mean anything?" Was it named after a local deity or elemental spirit, perhaps? Or was it a human name, with some other connotation he was too ignorant to understand? Still, he smiled back with relief when Jiao introduced herself and didn't seem to mind his questions. "The Greatwood? It sounds like someplace I'd like to be," he admitted ruefully. "But I'm from the Aurangwy Forest. Have... have you heard of that instead, maybe? My Grove is within it." It was a faint hope but he clung to what he could. Jiao was clearly a traveler, and sailors might know more than most about distant lands. If he was simple displaced across the sea he could still make his way home again...
Though that didn't explain why his magic had become so weak.
He didn't mention her butchering of his Grove's name, not wanting to annoy the first person he'd found to talk to who looked at least vaguely like one of the Hidden.
"Ahi Coast? Does the name mean anything?" Was it named after a local deity or elemental spirit, perhaps? Or was it a human name, with some other connotation he was too ignorant to understand? Still, he smiled back with relief when Jiao introduced herself and didn't seem to mind his questions. "The Greatwood? It sounds like someplace I'd like to be," he admitted ruefully. "But I'm from the Aurangwy Forest. Have... have you heard of that instead, maybe? My Grove is within it." It was a faint hope but he clung to what he could. Jiao was clearly a traveler, and sailors might know more than most about distant lands. If he was simple displaced across the sea he could still make his way home again...
Though that didn't explain why his magic had become so weak.
He didn't mention her butchering of his Grove's name, not wanting to annoy the first person he'd found to talk to who looked at least vaguely like one of the Hidden.
