The scent of mist still clung to his skin as Noah stepped from the sea, the body of Auriamundus slung over one shoulder like a quintessential treasure.
Its scales shimmered with threads of gold and blue, catching the dim light of the Early Veiled Shore and scattering it across the sand in ripples of brilliance.
Each step he took pressed lightly into the untouched soil, the sacred granules humming beneath his feet as though acknowledging the return of an Early Creature.
He lowered the Crownscale Glimmer gently onto the ground.
Ruination and the Infiniverse Body flanked him without a word, drawn by the stillness and the quiet reverence that clung to the corpse like a final hymn.
A soft chime echoed as he looked at the Early Living Marine Lifeform.
