Hadama watched the younger man at first, confusion in green eyes as Remi closed his eyes. Then a flicker of light and shadow drew his gaze back out to sea--
Except the sea was covered in strange trees, dark and massive and ancient in ways the coastal groves could never match. The merman blinked, and blinked again, but the vision remained and he drank it in with silent fascination for long moments as he tried to absorb the alien grandeur of the Greatwood.
"Impressive," he rumbled, finally looking back to Remi with respect. "I have never seen such magic before. Or such a sunset. Thank you." Again the single nod, this time of gratitude. "May I ask what brings you so far from your home?" Dryland distance was hypothetical to the merman, but the vision was like nothing the Torchliner had ever heard of in his limited experience up from the deep.
Except the sea was covered in strange trees, dark and massive and ancient in ways the coastal groves could never match. The merman blinked, and blinked again, but the vision remained and he drank it in with silent fascination for long moments as he tried to absorb the alien grandeur of the Greatwood.
"Impressive," he rumbled, finally looking back to Remi with respect. "I have never seen such magic before. Or such a sunset. Thank you." Again the single nod, this time of gratitude. "May I ask what brings you so far from your home?" Dryland distance was hypothetical to the merman, but the vision was like nothing the Torchliner had ever heard of in his limited experience up from the deep.
