“This is it, Nimue,” the sea maiden murmurs to her young companion, her pearly eyes sparkling with excitement, and her lips hardly able to contain her grin, “This is the Hidden Falls!”
With a low, trilling whistle in response, the little orca follows her bondmate as the blue Lady descends, finally exploring the forested wonderland that once contained a fellow herd. She has long-since become accustomed to the rocky ridges and narrow slopes of her mountain home, but the moist, grassy paths that wind through this woodland paradise are far more slippery than soil and gravel—she finds herself unwittingly sliding more than once. Just barely catching herself from a particularly unexpected stumble, she laughs gleefully, shaking her body while she rests on the knoll she’d been guided to.
By this time, Tiamat has made it nearly to the bottom of the terrain (no more than a third of the way left to go), but she waits for a moment where she stands. The velveteen skin of her nostrils curl with each breath, and there is the slightest bit of sweat dampening the warmer parts of her body—all evidence of the minor exertion it took to descend at least half-gracefully down from the bay above—but the ocean mare hardly notices the rate of her heart. With her lips parted into a little ‘O’ of awe, her white eyes take in the beauty that is the Hidden Falls.
The land is aptly named—in all the places that she has traveled to, she has never seen such an extraordinary array of waterfalls! Misting rapids cascade from every direction, connecting, intertwining, and parting, their effervescent vapor catching the sunlight and displaying it in vibrant, dancing colors. Truly, Tiamat can recognize the work of the Earth God here.
“Oh it is beautiful!” She exclaims breathlessly, closing her eyes and inhaling the earthen scents around her. Nimue chirps happily in agreement, having wandered from Tiamat’s side and to a shallow pool not far away. The Leviathan glides over the rippling, glassy waters, lowering a fin to skim the surface while she inspects it with delight coursing through their bond. The Ocean’s Light laughs, wondering how she couldn’t have gotten here sooner.
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“Speech.”
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Look at the stars, look how they shine for you. And everything you do.
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