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Kai crouched slightly as the wind sliced past his face, sharp and salty, every second of motion painting new stories across the skin of the sea. His senses were wide open. Hair floating in the air, eyes narrowed into slits, breathing slow but steady.
Each passing second fed him more details than most people processed in an hour.
Gull silhouettes wheeled in the distance, wings flashing against the amber sky, shrinking into pale smudges as Uroth surged away from land.
The salt tang in the air sharpened, thickening like rain soaked parchment, mixed now with something older— brine tinged with ozone and a strange, ancient metal scent.
The suckers beneath him pulsed, aura beneath them glowing stronger the faster they moved, beating in perfect rhythm with his own heart, as if syncing to him.
His system flickered with quiet activity behind his eyes.
[Ding! System Notification-
Environmental Scan Complete.
Gravitic Displacement: 1600% normal.
