i guess we can pretend we've never been here

Rivin's comment leaves him chuckling. Yeah, definitely not as exciting as the aspen grove had been, but... he could see it on her face as well. The memories here, both good and bad, were there. And it wouldn't go past him that Inferno was purposefully ignoring the way he, Rivin, and Sparrow milled around on the beach. At least one of them was actually exploring the area. Which honestly made Scald realize that he hadn't really and truly explored the beach before. Typically he hung around the shores to look for crustaceans or the strip in front of Time's Cavern, but there was the section farther north that had small water ways that led to other areas.

Making his way toward the north, he moves up the dunes where the sand slowly fades from black to the standard yellow-white. Hidden among the grasses, he can scent a faint smell of eggs. Turtles? He had never noticed before. Lowering his head toward the ground, he began nosing around through the beach grass that itched at his face. Digging slightly into the mounding sand, he does end up finding a nest, but tries his best not to disturb it.

Lifting his head now, he gives the beach a good look around. There was more of a complete ecosystem here than he had realized.