Orangemoon had cooled the Throat enough that Mesec felt safe to venture out under the midday sun. Well, okay, today there wasn’t so much as a midday sun as a midday lightening of the clouds. The cooler season had been bringing a surge of rain and clouds into the area lately. The rain had stopped for now, thankfully, but the effects that the increased rain levels were having on the island herdland were already noticeable. It was greener here than Mesec had ever seen before, a flush of life all around. He was wandering down near the coast, which was significantly further inland than it had been in Tallsun. He wondered if any of his and Zero’s hippocamp friends were exploring their expanded home - and Lucius was wondering the same thing.

The zephyr was skimming low across the surface of the grey ocean, seeking fish or whatever else he might be able to snatch up for a midday snack. He wondered, idly sharing the thoughts with Mesec, whether the pygmy hippocamps were edible or whether it would be strange to eat something that had similar characteristics to his bonded.

Frowning at the dark shape of his companion, Mesec politely asked him to avoid that subject from here on out.

Eager to turn to happier thoughts, the small colourful creatures reminded Mesec that it had been a while since he had seen his young friend. He had dismissed himself from the group that had travelled back with Zero from the Isles, knowing that he could have added little to any further conversation when he had added nothing in the aftermath of the fight with the God. He hadn’t stood up for Zero or Isopia, hadn’t pledged himself to a side but lingered in uncertainty. He had wanted to make sure they were all safe but that was the end of his participation.

But that didn’t mean he hadn’t been interested in checking up on his friend - he had asked after him when he saw Ampere last and surely enough other things had happened by now to allow the temper from that day to cool completely. Yes, he'd like to see Zero again and make sure that he was doing alright. Resolving to keep an eye out for the next time they crossed paths, he turned from Lucius and began to wander farther along the flooded coast - making his way back northward along the grey ocean shore.