Been on this swiving island for days now, and I can’t come up with a better plan. Might as well see where the kojin take me.
[ A half-shrug, the gesture noncommittal in a way that seems like he’s trying to compensate for the earlier moment of dark intensity. He’s heard things about the kojin, rumors that they can bestow a blessing on a man to allow him to breathe underwater. If Luka has to swim his way to Yanxia, he will, and he’s not above some menial errand-running to get there.
Luka turns again, walking forward they cross the threshold of the cave, the pair of kojin leading them down, down, down a winding path carved into the rock, until at last they are brought into the beastmen’s settlement. It is not in the cave as one might expect, but rather on the seafloor at the back of the island, a great bubble of luminous blue light keeping the ocean at bay. Despite himself, Luka lets out a low whistle, impressed. ]
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[ A half-shrug, the gesture noncommittal in a way that seems like he’s trying to compensate for the earlier moment of dark intensity. He’s heard things about the kojin, rumors that they can bestow a blessing on a man to allow him to breathe underwater. If Luka has to swim his way to Yanxia, he will, and he’s not above some menial errand-running to get there.
Luka turns again, walking forward they cross the threshold of the cave, the pair of kojin leading them down, down, down a winding path carved into the rock, until at last they are brought into the beastmen’s settlement. It is not in the cave as one might expect, but rather on the seafloor at the back of the island, a great bubble of luminous blue light keeping the ocean at bay. Despite himself, Luka lets out a low whistle, impressed. ]