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Had she been here before? It was hard to say for sure. The tall woman tended to not spend a lot of time near the edge of water, for no reason at all other than that the beach just wasn't really her favorite kind of landscape, so she thought if she had been here she'd probably remember. Maybe. Though with each year that passed, she found memories of her youth growing hazier - she imagined that was just a normal part of life, but admittedly disorienting.

She was content to trail after Morwenna, nose low to the ground as she tasted the scents that lingered here. The smell of briny ocean water was strong, mingled with the scent of crustaceans and kelp that had washed ashore. The cave itself didn't small all that different from the outside, like the sea water only a little stronger. More stale.

Kaija moved slowly as they slipped into the darkness, letting her eyes adjust. The stone floor beneath her paws was smooth, and she made a note to be careful as they moved through. The sitting water inside was proof that the tide likely washed water in here periodically, so the rocks were likely slick where they hadn't yet dried. "Some dead fish, maybe?" She suggested, only because that was exactly what she saw, a few tiny minnows floating dead in one of the pools. The fishy smell hit her nose and she abandoned that spot in lieu of going further with her friend, happy to leave the rotting minnows behind.

The light ahead caught her attention as well, and her pace picked up just a bit as she plunged further into the darkness.

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