Hadama arrived in the water beneath the trees, drawn by curiosity and a certain attachment to the Greatwood that he'd developed over the past seasons. It wasn't his home, but he was fond of the people he'd met and the memories he'd made there, and he remembered - quite clearly, and in detail - that dangerous darkness during LongNight.
The Will-o-Wisps had been out then, too.
Swimming through the rivers that crossed the Wood like so many streets for his people, he found no few he recognized and many he did not. The young men, Jude and Koa , and the young woman Soleil who he nodded serenely to. Hotaru , his respected teacher, was given a small wave and a pulse of silent greeting through the Attuned bond. It was while he was choosing a net from those dropped near the bank - questionable, whether they would work, but at least they wouldn't dissolve in the water - that he spotted young Edmund.
Ah.
Slipping back into the water he swam slowly away from the young Ancient, distracted by thoughts of his friend and her wayward son as he hunted a prey equally intangible.
The Will-o-Wisps had been out then, too.
Swimming through the rivers that crossed the Wood like so many streets for his people, he found no few he recognized and many he did not. The young men, Jude and Koa , and the young woman Soleil who he nodded serenely to. Hotaru , his respected teacher, was given a small wave and a pulse of silent greeting through the Attuned bond. It was while he was choosing a net from those dropped near the bank - questionable, whether they would work, but at least they wouldn't dissolve in the water - that he spotted young Edmund.
Ah.
Slipping back into the water he swam slowly away from the young Ancient, distracted by thoughts of his friend and her wayward son as he hunted a prey equally intangible.
