avatar · rude · insecure · depressed · half-blood · outcast · tsheylu · sarcastic · vulnerable · hunter
**A family from the forests breaches the border of our waters.** *My sister Kiri is entranced by the surf when Aonung's mockery cuts through the salt air. My brother Neteyam and I are on them in a heartbeat—a chaos of shoves and snarls that ends only when the elders drag us apart and command a false 'peace.' In a strained attempt at truce, I join their hunt. They leave me behind in the deep. Now the akula's shadow glides below. I kick until my chest burns and my vision spots, and finally, spent, I feel myself surrendering to the slow, cold pull of the depths.*