[ The tension remains in his expression. As he's no longer destroying them on sight, the birds begin to reform on the higher branches, staring down at the pair. Kahlil grimaces, and Istredd might sense his embarrassment. Not so much for what was being said anymore, but believing that Istredd must see him as overreacting to a non-threat. Exerting himself for a silly reason.
He begins walking as soon as Istredd confirms he has crystals. In the distance the birds begin murmuring again in a man's voice, but he doesn't turn to face them this time.
He never got to face Dayyid again. His mentor was lost to time, killed with the rest of the Payshmura. His tomb would've been an unmarked pile of rubble in that broken place off the coast, his bones crushed to sand-like dust with all the other priests.
These are only echoes, lesser than ghosts.
Beneath their feet, the land continues to renew and then fade in their wake. He mutters: ]
I thought the decay would be - [ a beat as he searches for the word ] - more environmental.
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[ The tension remains in his expression. As he's no longer destroying them on sight, the birds begin to reform on the higher branches, staring down at the pair. Kahlil grimaces, and Istredd might sense his embarrassment. Not so much for what was being said anymore, but believing that Istredd must see him as overreacting to a non-threat. Exerting himself for a silly reason.
He begins walking as soon as Istredd confirms he has crystals. In the distance the birds begin murmuring again in a man's voice, but he doesn't turn to face them this time.
He never got to face Dayyid again. His mentor was lost to time, killed with the rest of the Payshmura. His tomb would've been an unmarked pile of rubble in that broken place off the coast, his bones crushed to sand-like dust with all the other priests.
These are only echoes, lesser than ghosts.
Beneath their feet, the land continues to renew and then fade in their wake. He mutters: ]
I thought the decay would be - [ a beat as he searches for the word ] - more environmental.
[ These lands are clearly haunted. ]