Aquiex, Hadama answered succinctly. Like the tumseas, a life-bringer. Or so the reports had said. This was his first time seeing one in person and he found the increased fish and kelp growth around it fascinating. They were certainly worth encouraging to take up residence in the Reef and as close to the City as they could be coaxed...
The manta turned a considering black eye on the merfolk at their snorted answer, and a sense of subtle appreciation rippled through the bond. Others are not so restrained. Kaiden might not be petty enough to lash out, but others among their people certainly were, and Hadama was glad that the hot-headed young man was wiser than that.
You have already paid, he assured his companion, rising from beneath the mershark and skimming straight up until there was space to do a languorous roll and stretch his wings wide - directly above the water-bird. Nearly thirty feet from tip to tip, his fins cast an impressive shadow as he floated between the sun and the rock below.
At first the Aquiex continued to doze, but as the shadow remained and the sun's warmth leached away the bird cocked an eye open and glared up at the manta blocking her light. She stirred irritably, seeking a single beam of sun upon the rock, but without success.
The manta turned a considering black eye on the merfolk at their snorted answer, and a sense of subtle appreciation rippled through the bond. Others are not so restrained. Kaiden might not be petty enough to lash out, but others among their people certainly were, and Hadama was glad that the hot-headed young man was wiser than that.
You have already paid, he assured his companion, rising from beneath the mershark and skimming straight up until there was space to do a languorous roll and stretch his wings wide - directly above the water-bird. Nearly thirty feet from tip to tip, his fins cast an impressive shadow as he floated between the sun and the rock below.
At first the Aquiex continued to doze, but as the shadow remained and the sun's warmth leached away the bird cocked an eye open and glared up at the manta blocking her light. She stirred irritably, seeking a single beam of sun upon the rock, but without success.
