Eltrys wondered what the Shimmering Shore looked like in the daytime, but the spires of the castle were daunting. They looked like stalagmites reaching up into an unending cave, the twin stalactites out of reach. He knew that's not what they truly were, and if he ever wanted to get close to the castle again, perhaps to see how Bramble was doing with the ghost she mentioned, he had to get used to the sight. They were neighbors after all.
He rounded the corner of the cliffs of Lazuli Falls and strolled down toward the beach. Closing his crisp blue eyes and taking a steady breath he carefully looked down along the beach and let his gaze wander up to the towering castle, this time in the distance. Last time it was the deepest night and he had not realized they were there. Now he was making a point to look at the crumbling towers and see that they were just towers.
And there they stood. An old crumbling castle overlooking the shore and the sea. Not so hard. As he looked at the castle from this distance he spotted a figure below it heading to the shore. He wondered if it was Bramble. Perhaps he could apologize for his rushed exit when they met.
He loped with a comfortable easy gait over the sands toward the figure, ah it was not Bramble. He was still keen to greet the stranger and test how close he could comfortably get to the towers.
"Hail, Stranger!" He called out in a warm baritone, letting the other give him a cue of welcome or pushback. He had probably seen him coming from a mile off.
As he approached he dipped his head in humble greeting, "Do you come from the Castle?" He inquired.
Knight
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