12-17-2008, 12:32 AM
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http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g210/ ... able-1.png);background-position:bottom;background-repeat:no-repeat;"> She'd had to go through a horrible territory to get here, but it seemed worth it now. Siobhan hadn't been to the coast yet, mostly sticking to the middle of the territories, but now she was beginning to discover them. Back home there hadn't been anything like what she was seeing here. From far away, it had looked like a normal part of the lands--everything in this area was dismal and gray, so she hadn't thought anything of it. But as she got closer and closer, she slowly realized it. That wasn't solid ground out there...it was moving. Sure, she had seen water before...but she'd only ever found it in the form of snow or ice. In the tundra of the north there hadn't been anything like this. Siobhan stood in front of the water, just out of its reach, staring out over the sea. What would it be like to step on it? When she did manage to tear her red eyes away from the ocean, she glanced down the beachside. With a start, she realized that she wasn't alone; a figure sat fifty yards down from her, looking down at something. So far, it didn't look like he had noticed her. Siobhan considered what to do for a few moments, looking back at the ocean and then back down the beach. Maybe he could tell her about this thing in front of her. What it was called...if one could walk on it...things like that. But she wasn't so sure about going up to someone who was a complete stranger. She started to walk toward him, changing her mind halfway and ducking behind a boulder that sat along the shoreline. He was huge! The small coyote hadn't noticed it from the distance she'd been standing at before, but he was much, much bigger than her. Even that fact by itself made her wary of him--she would be no match. But she had so many questions to ask him. Surely he would know the answers. She peered out from the side of the rock, watching him carefully. |