It was a beautiful day out. Ouranos took in a deep breath of the warm, fresh air and sighed, content. For once, the weather was reminiscent of that of his home, although arguably more pleasant – after all, the desert could be an unbearably hot and arid environment. Sure, he would have been alright with the temperature being a few degrees warmer, but he wasn’t about to complain since it was still fathoms better than the snow that had been falling just a few days ago.
It was rather odd, being on his own for this long. Sekhmet had taken to wandering on her own for longer and longer periods at a time, and so far, this was her longest stint yet. It seemed she’d taken a greater interest in the civilization in this world, while he was content to drink in the peace and solitude of the nature around him yet. After all, having been raised in rooms and halls, all but trapped in a castle for the better part of his youth, this change from a lifestyle of royalty was stark, yet at the same time, welcome. For once in his life, he felt free of the duties and responsibilities which had been pushed upon him along with his bloodline, and he was beginning to discover just how sweet true autonomy really was.
Like his companion, he’d taken to wandering farther and farther from the cave which they called ‘home’ (in the loosest sense of the term). Even after all this time, it still remained more of a shelter than an abode, but their options were somewhat few and far between. While Sekhmet made her way into the towns and cities close to the woods where they were currently staying, Ouranos chose to wander farther away from them, deeper into the wilderness, and he was surprised to find that the trees didn’t continue to thicken forever. In some places, it opened up into grassy meadows and in others, burbling creeks and streams. Each day, he grew bolder in his explorations, and each day, there was always something new to see.
Today, Ouranos discovered the ocean for the first time. It started as a faint rushing sound in his ears as he drifted casually along on the warm breeze, letting the wind carry him where it pleased. He thought that perhaps it was a figment of his imagination at first, or perhaps just the rush of the wind. However, the further he flew, the louder it seemed to grow. In the distance, he could just make out an odd twinkling on the horizon, as if the sun’s rays were glinting off of some sort of uneven, reflective surface. The curious thing was, it seemed to span the entire length of the horizon. Finally drawing upon the new motivation of curiosity, he began to beat his wings more purposefully, propelling himself towards this oddity in the distance. Of all the new places and things he’d discovered in the past few weeks, this certainly seemed like the grandest one yet.