[Tony chuckles.] You won't have to look hard. They're right here. We're standing on them.
Konryu is a waterworld. The 'land' is just giant turtles - or what's left of them. Tu Vishan was the last living adult. Him and the hatchlings are all that's left of the species. When he went between the planes to fix them, all the hatchlings came back to make Khu Ioduan.
We used to be able to talk to them, psychically, but... I don't know. It was never easy to communicate with Tu Vishan. It must get harder to talk to them as they age.
[There's a hint of something like sadness in his voice when he says that. Their departure from Keeliai had kept them safe, but sometimes Tony does still miss the hatchlings. He misses Kalliel's cheerful, childish exuberance, wrapped up in an awkward reptilian body the size of a bus. And Gene had been bonded to him – he'd taken it hard when they left.
Kalliel is here, somewhere, holding up some part of this archipelago. But if he's at all aware that one of his Foreigner "parents" has returned, he hasn't reached out. Tony doesn't know how Gene feels about that. Honestly, he's been a little afraid to ask.]
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Konryu is a waterworld. The 'land' is just giant turtles - or what's left of them. Tu Vishan was the last living adult. Him and the hatchlings are all that's left of the species. When he went between the planes to fix them, all the hatchlings came back to make Khu Ioduan.
We used to be able to talk to them, psychically, but... I don't know. It was never easy to communicate with Tu Vishan. It must get harder to talk to them as they age.
[There's a hint of something like sadness in his voice when he says that. Their departure from Keeliai had kept them safe, but sometimes Tony does still miss the hatchlings. He misses Kalliel's cheerful, childish exuberance, wrapped up in an awkward reptilian body the size of a bus. And Gene had been bonded to him – he'd taken it hard when they left.
Kalliel is here, somewhere, holding up some part of this archipelago. But if he's at all aware that one of his Foreigner "parents" has returned, he hasn't reached out. Tony doesn't know how Gene feels about that. Honestly, he's been a little afraid to ask.]