"We'll take a stroll, Lith." Jirni said. "I'm not a big fan of the Blood Desert, but it's the only place where I can stretch my legs without worrying about where your defensive arrays end."
"I'll see you guys at dinner, then." Lith nodded.
"Sooner than that." Jirni waved her hand and walked away, followed by her family. "With my luck, if I let Solus spend too much time with Dripha, my baby girl will call her mom instead of me."
***
Meanwhile, Solus and her mother had plenty of choices where to sit on the beach. Aside from the area where Salaark's workers were building a wharf for fishing and cargo ships, the seashore was deserted.
The merfolk tried their best to keep themselves away from the ocean and get accustomed to life on the surface. Aside from those who had to deliver messages to and from Starry Lagoon's underwater twin village, no one entered the water.
