Elias moved through the underbelly of the city before he began to near the sea, and he slowly stopped moving.
He did not even know why he was stopping before he realized that it was the sea in front of him… that special intuition inside of him informed him that getting closer to the sea would be a great mistake.
Elias listened to that intuition, and he turned his back to the ocean. He was not arrogant enough to push forward towards an unknown danger that even his Elder Talent was wary of.
He turned around and began to return towards the middle part of the city, idly noting that the woman and the youths had disappeared, and in the soft breeze, he thought he heard the sound of a cry. There were a dozen similar cries that he could perceive, and Elias saw it as the way of the world… the weak get eaten by the strong.
