Danton followed her gaze to the drastically changed sea, a somber look clouding his light blue eyes.
He squeezed Evangeline's hand and said softly, "We can hold on for now."
Leaving Norfell to venture beyond the Triangle Sea was an opportunity to find a new home. However, Marine Beastmen couldn't survive long without seawater. For now, they could still collect some and mix it with snowmelt to ease their people's desperate need for it, but Danton feared that during the long trek, far from any ocean, his people wouldn't survive long enough to reach the Triangle Sea.
Evangeline leaned against Danton's shoulder, her eyes on the water. "Don't worry," she said softly. "I have a way."
Danton shuddered and held Evangeline tighter. "As the Clan Leader of the Mer Clan, I've never actually done anything for my people," he said with a wry smile. "If you weren't here, I don't know what the Mer Clan would be facing, let alone what would have become of me."
