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[Today the journal opens up on a rather water damaged looking apartment on the top floor of the Ground Building. Yes, the apartment has been trying to fix itself, but each night she tends to destroy it once more. Thankfully with the warmer weather the mixed breed will be returning to sleeping at the bottom of the lake once more, but thinking of her move she's gotten something else on her mind.

She opens her large, fanged mouth and speaks in a slightly gravely voice.]

Talking book. I have heard tell that in this land is the ocean. This is true, is it not? In which direction is this ocean?

[It's always been a dream of her's to see an ocean. Her extra long, scaled fingers grip the book tightly just thinking about it. She had put off searching for it until she felt she had secured herself a safe territory, but she's learned that Luceti probably won't let that ever happen.]

Is it as any ocean you have visited in your world? Or is it unique as are many items in this world? What of fish? Large monsters of the sea? Does there exist a place where one can stand and not see the end of the water?

[Tell her stories of oceans, Luceti. She's planning a trip and is full of excitement.]

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[She wrinkles her nose at the idea that they maybe saltier. She realizes that she should have realized that when she felt the water. If the water are full of salt then the creatures who call it home likely are as well.

She's interested in eating the small crab. A smaller one would be less of a waste if she was unable to eat all of it. Only she wasn't about to argue when a god makes a choice so she nods her approval when Saori suggests to let it go.

She watches the crab fly through the air and skip a few times.]

I have never before seen a ray or a shark. I have heard stories of sharks who have more teeth and are as vicious as a pike. Is that true of them?

Well, that's accurate. Sharks come in a lot of different sizes, but they're predatory fish, and generally large.

[She picks up a bit of driftwood and sketches one in the sand. And then a stingray]

And a ray is a flat fish, a bit like a catfish, but it looks almost like an undersea wing. And it has a stinger.

[Xzana watches every detail form as Saori draws in the sand. The shark looked more like a fish she was use to. The tail facing the right way, unlike the picture of a whale she had been shown earlier.

The ray is unlike anything fish she had pictured in her head.] It is so round. Is it like a ball? And where is the stinger located? [Notes of potential danger when hunting is always good to know.]

It's flat, actually. Like a...leaf, with eyes. [She points to the long, tapered point on the drawing.] And that's the stinger.

[Stinger there. She makes a note to avoid that.] Like a leaf? [That's not as exciting then. A leaf is very skinny and doesn't sound very filling at all.] Then there would not be much to gain from hunting a ray.

[Ah well, from what she understood there were many other creatures to eat in the ocean.]

No, not really. They're flat, and I think they eat things found in the seabed. Not really appealing at all. But there are always tuna. Big, fat fish with lots of good meat...

Are they the size of a human? I have heard tales of fish that are even larger than humans.

Hah, there are fish like that, but not tuna. Some sharks are, though.

[She perks right back up at the idea. Even if they were full of salt, to see a fish so large would be worth it.] I wish to see a fish as large as a human. Do you know if they are in this ocean? I have been told that this ocean is not the same as the ocean of other's native world.

Well, I've never been down very far, so I wouldn't know. But, you can always go and investigate, yes? [She laughs.] I don't breath like humans do, but I'm not really built for deep-sea exploration, you know?

You are not? So long as you do not breath the air as humans do then why can you not travel below the water?

[She doesn't breath air either, but she's never experienced water pressure before either.]

Because I don't have the body adaptations to swim like you do. And I can't change shape into anything aquatic.

As long as you do not need air like a human you may hang onto me and I will be glad to swim for you. If you wished to see the bottom. I understand if you have no desire to do so.

[She just wants to make an offer. It had been grilled into her since childhood to do all she could to please the gods.]

[Saori smiles warmly, but shakes her head. She does appreciate the offer, but she's not prepared for it today.]

Another day, certainly. But I don't think the weather is right for it today, at least for me.

[She looks up at the weather. It played little on her day to day plans so she often did not give it much attention.] When the weather is correct, I will be happy to swim for you at any given moment, my lady.

[Smiling, Saori nods.]

I will. Don't worry. Though...I don't want to hold you up. Go, swim, enjoy yourself Xzana.

[She pauses, torn. To finally swim in the ocean would be amazing, but that means leaving the God on the beach. This time to be able to spend time with Soari have been like a dream.

Swimming could wait.] It is alright. I am pleased to walk with you.

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