"Yeah..." Alys was definitely right about how wrong the night felt, in spite of the smooth flying of the day and the gorgeous sunset they'd witnessed. It had all gone sideways once they'd anchored for the evening, which was the opposite of what should have happened, and Tal shook his head, shaggy hair flying as he tried to rid himself of the feeling of being watched by something malevolent. There wasn't anything. He knew there wasn't! He'd just checked and besides--
"Alys?" Lost in his thoughts, he'd gotten distracted and turned away from his friends. Now, looking back to reassure himself of their presence, he had a faint sense of someone calling his name, but... "Hey! Where'd y'go?" The ship was... empty. He knew he would have heard if they'd gone over the side, but...
And then he heard it. The splash of a body hitting water, and the courier rushed to the rail and looked over, fighting a wave of dizziness as the starry sky stretched out below him in all directions.
But of his friends and companion there was nothing to be seen but the ripples spreading out beneath the ship and bleeding into the cosmos above and around him. Ripples that were swiftly rising to brush the bottom of the Peregrine as she drifted in the night...
"Alys?" Lost in his thoughts, he'd gotten distracted and turned away from his friends. Now, looking back to reassure himself of their presence, he had a faint sense of someone calling his name, but... "Hey! Where'd y'go?" The ship was... empty. He knew he would have heard if they'd gone over the side, but...
And then he heard it. The splash of a body hitting water, and the courier rushed to the rail and looked over, fighting a wave of dizziness as the starry sky stretched out below him in all directions.
But of his friends and companion there was nothing to be seen but the ripples spreading out beneath the ship and bleeding into the cosmos above and around him. Ripples that were swiftly rising to brush the bottom of the Peregrine as she drifted in the night...
