Show Me the Sea

It made Artorias exceedingly happy to have Rudy out with him on his adventures again. For the past few days, Art had been so engrossed in his training regiments and Rudy had been busy hanging out with the new pups that Mom had brought home that they hadn't gotten to see much of each other. This was as much a time for fun and exploring as it was for reconnecting with his brother. He smirked and snickered when Rudy told him about the irritable personality of his Tasmanian devil companion. Each of the pups had gotten their own animal companions recently, just like their parents, and were still learning to coexist with their newfound friends. For all his snark and scathing sarcasm, Corbin had been a good mentor to the young Artorias. The bird was highly intelligent and had been teaching Artorias everything he had ever wanted to know about distant lands, navigating from the sky and the ground, and generally keeping the wolf pup company during his long training sessions. "They'll come around sooner or later," he remarked when his brother mentioned Corbin's and Bandit's dispositions.

Artorias strode slowly towards the edge of the water, stopping just shy of where the white foaming waves were touching on the sand. He could feel the spray of each wave lap at his legs and a cool coastal breeze ran through his fur. Artorias giggled as he stared out over the seemingly endless vastness of the ocean. It stretched out for miles in all directions, with nothing in sight on the horizon. It was like an infinite blanket of blue that isolated them from the rest of the world. Rudy's question made his ear's perk up and his mind race. What was on the other side of the sea? Was there an other side? How far away was it? What kind of distant lands laid beyond the great ocean? "I don't know..." Artorias responded, staring in wonder into the horizon. "It must be super far away though. I can't see anything but water!" He shot a grin at his grey-furred brother next to him. "Thanks for coming along, Rudy! I'm sorry we haven't gotten to hang out a lot lately. Mom's kept me busy with training."