[Maelstrom]

Eventually, the kuhnas and the yonyuu moved away from her hiding place, and Tarasque relaxed. Only to jump when hands from behind picked her up. She came nose to nose with Eingana's human form, and shrieked with joy at seeing her mother-figure. Eingana smiled, kissed her scaly nose and craddled her to her breast. Turning to Vasuki, she said, "Let's go home." Vasuki morphed back into a battleheart, and with Eingana and Tarasque abord, flew home to Eden's Hollow.