» In The Deep

The young woman followed the crowd as they headed toward the mountain. When they reached the lake, her icy gaze surveyed the glassy surface as the Matron’s trunk reached in and touched the water, then waved lazily toward their orbs. As she mentioned the name of a plant, she nodded to the large elephant creature, stepping over toward the stack of malspora, taking a bite and swallowing it all while Khairi stared at her with worried ruby eyes. “I’ll be fine, Khairi. It’s not like the Scint.” She thought to him through their bond. “I know. I still worry though.” He responded, flexing his wings as though he was prepared to learn how to swim to retrieve her somehow. “Stay above, I’ll be back as soon as I can.” She replied, nuzzling him slightly with her inky face as he took off from her to circle the sky around her. As the malspora got to work, and Khairi circled overhead, Kiada sucked in a deep breath and stepped into the water, her orb in tow as she began to swim her decent toward the sirens. She didn’t know exactly where they were, but she followed in the wake of Rixen, Aurelia, and Otem. The water gradually began to grow deeper and she took her own little path away from the others to try and reach those that the others weren’t close enough to. As she swam and kicked, and miraculously breathed underwater, she hoped the little orb would do something as it pulsed, hoping she could just send it some direction and grant those sirens the gift of hope. But it didn’t, instead it remained, pulsing and waiting for something to show. "Talk." Kiada mama, i hope you get this know the bed is warm and our hearts are cold know never have i been better.

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