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Italics: (Na'vi language, or Metkayina sign language, and Jake's inner thoughts)

A/N: This is sort of a filler but also not really at the same time- It focuses something that will be connected to the MC later on, so please bare with me :,) 🤍 Read until the end! It's super important to the next arc of the book.

Don't forget to comment <3 I love reading and replying to all of your comments and they make my day 🤍 Without further ado, I hope you guys like this chapter!
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After you had finished your conversation with Lo'ak and he had taken off to find Ao'nung and his friends to apologize, as much as he hated it, the boy had taken a long time to find the boys but eventually caught sight of them. He ended up finding them after realizing that they probably swam further out so he got on his Ilu, and after riding it for a bit, he spotted Ao'nung in the distance talking with his friends.

Ao'nung himself noticed Lo'ak approaching and notified his friends, who also turned to look at Lo'ak riding on his Ilu and getting closer. The ambiance between the boy was silent up until Lo'ak reached them. The prince had a traditional Metkayina bow and arrow in his grasp, so Lo'ak assumed they were going to go out hunting. "What's tree boy doing here?" One of Ao'nung's friends asked mockingly.

Upon reaching the group, Lo'ak ignored the other boy's comment and turned to the prince. Lo'ak just wanted to get righy to the point. "I'm sorry, I hit you. So many times," Lo'ak said to Ao'nung with a small laugh escaping him at the end, trying to liven up the situation. As much as he didn't like this, his dad was right. Making peace was probably the best way to go.

After his apology, Ao'nung looked at his friends briefly and gave them a look that they already recognized. His friends smirked and realized what the prince had in mind to do with Lo'ak. He came to apologize and they only planned to torture him even more for something he had no control over. It was just amusing to them.

After a few seconds, Ao'nung extended his arm to Lo'ak. "Ah, we should be friends," Ao'nung suggested, making Lo'ak hesitantly lift his hand to shake the prince who had held out to him. Lo'ak had no idea what his true intentions were, and how it wasn't genuine at all.

After shaking hands, Ao'nung decided to put his plan into action. "Come hunting with us. Outside the reef," He said, emphasizing to Lo'ak that they'd be leaving the safety of the reef within the village, when in reality he had been warned to do the exact opposite of that. "It's where the men hunt," Ao'nung added, knowing Lo'ak didn't know many things yet about the culture of the Metkayina, so he could be easily fooled about this sort of thing.

Lo'ak immediately felt like he had to deny that request. He was in enough trouble as it is and he only came here to make amends with Ao'nung and the others. Besides, he promised you and his dad that he would make things right. "No way. I'm not allowed," Lo'ak said, following his father's orders to apologize and that's it, but his denial made Ao'nung scoff and turn to his friends with a laugh of disbelief.

Ao'nung scoffed, mixed with a laugh. "I knew it. I must be asking the wrong brother then," Ao'nung said, knowing that must trigger something inside Lo'ak, which it did. He didn't like to feel like he was his brother's shadow anymore, and he hated that Ao'nung was using that to get under his skin. The Sully brother's face was suddenly overcome with a look of determination with something to prove

"Let's do it," Lo'ak replied instantly, making Ao'nung smirk and hand the Sully brother the bow and arrow he had in his hands. The plan was in motion and Lo'ak was completely clueless. With that, Ao'nung yipped, prompting his friends to do the same so that they could start making their way on their Ilu's. It was nerve-wracking, but Lo'ak really had no idea what was about to happen to him.

After a while of traveling outside the reef, Ao'nung and his friends were leading Lo'ak toward a special location. The seas were choppy, rough, and with rippling waves given that they had left the safety of the reefs and were now in deeper waters. It was an exhilarating experience for Lo'ak, and he had never felt so much adrenaline running through his veins. The feeling of soaring through the water and leaping over waves on his ilu was something he never wanted to forget.

Lo'ak yelled as he leaped in the air on his ilu, twisting in the air before diving back into the water on his ilu. Ao'nung and his friends did so as well. The Metkayina boys were keeping the same pace as Lo'ak in the water since this was territory far more out at sea. Every time one of them leaped out of the water, those few seconds in the air filled them with excitement. Ao'nung, his friends, and Lo'ak all yipped and hooted at the sensation of being so free.

"Come on!" Ao'nung yelled through the crashes of waves he passed, and Lo'ak turned to him with a nod before diving back into the water. "Yeah!" Lo'ak said with laughter escaping him, not having felt like before in his life. Soon enough, after racing, Lo'ak was side by side with Ao'nung riding through the waves and diving at the same time. Upon coming out of the water. Ao'nung turned to Lo'ak and spoke through the noise of the waves.

"Keep up, forest boy!" The Metkayina prince yelled out to Lo'ak, who understood and urged his ilu to go faster and get ahead. After that, a big wave suddenly emerged and this was the perfect opportunity for the group of boys to speed up and ride toward it. When they did, they all leaped through the air with hoots and yells, raising their weapons in the air.

Eventually, Ao'nung and his friends arrived at the place where they wanted to show Lo'ak and carry out their plan. It was a place called Three Brothers Rocks. Three different karst-like rock structures lay beside one another, along with a rocky shore bordering them. Together, they elicit a distinct profile. At their center is an underwater kelp bed that tracks their shoreline. It was truly an astounding place for Lo'ak to visit for the first time, but he'll be disappointed when he realizes that he wasn't exactly brought here to sightsee.

What Lo'ak didn't know was that this very same spot was the hunting territory for a dangerous sea predator called, Akula. The goal of Ao'nung and his friends was to bring him here and then leave him stranded as a prank for revenge because of the fight. Ao'nung brought the Sully brother to this place on purpose knowing that a predator like that lurked in the waters. When Ao'nung said it was a place to hunt, Lo'ak was clueless as to what the Metkayina prince was referring to. That it was a place to hunt, for the Akula, that is.

Arriving at shallower waters where reefs lay below them, the boys all came up to the surface on their ilu's and took a look around. Birds similar to seagulls were cawing and flying around the rock structures, which seemed to be their home. There were also looming clouds floating not too far from the very top of the rocks, so this place probably had a low altitude.

Lo'ak was the last one to emerge from the water, and his ilu chirped out of instinct. The Sully brother was breathing heavily, but only because of so much adrenaline and excitement. Ao'nung and his friends were all cheering for him, saying that he lived and made it through some pretty rough waters unscathed.

"That was insane, cuz'!" Lo'ak exclaimed, feeling some of his braids fall onto his face. Ao'nung kept on a fake friendly look on his face, maneuvering his ilu to turn around. "This way. Trust me, I know I good spot," Ao'nung said, knowing that he had Lo'ak's trust by now, and briefly turning to slyly smirk at his friends who smiled knowingly back at him.

After that, Ao'nung dove in first, which prompted the others, including Lo'ak, to start to follow the Metkayina prince and his friends. He was leading the group towards this section of the reef, which wasn't as safe as the one back at the village, so it was unknown territory.

After leaving their ilu's somewhere they could go back to after, Ao'nung started to lead Lo'ak through the reef. To 'hunt', he said. The friends of the prince were close behind, and let Ao'nung do what he was planning. Before long, the prince led Lo'ak to be behind big columns of coral. Ao'nung then turned to Lo'ak and began to sign what he wanted to say.

"Call the fish," Ao'nung signed to Lo'ak but snickered internally knowing that there was no such thing. Lo'ak nodded and swam a bit further, with his bow and arrow, still keeping himself hidden behind some coral. When he got closer and saw a group of big fish swimming together, Lo'ak aimed his arrow and began to make muffled and throaty sounds without opening his mouth. While Lo'ak did this, Ao'nung turned to his friends with a proud and accomplished look on his face.

"What a moron!" One of his friends signed, prompting the other one behind him to smile teasingly. With that, while Lo'ak had his back turned and continued to 'call the fish', Ao'nung motioned with his hand which was a sign that it was time to leave the Sully brother there. Trying not to make Lo'ak notice, the three boys started to swim away and get back to their ilu's.

Lo'ak had yet to notice that the boys had left, and still had his arrow pointed at one of the fish swimming by. When one of them was close enough, the boy released the arrow and shot straight at the fish. The creature began to writhe around until it died, and with a proud smile, Lo'ak turned around. When he saw nobody there, his smile dropped, as well as his heart at the realization. They had left him.

Before making any assumptions, he wanted to make sure for himself. He swam quickly back to his ilu and mounted it, heading straight to the place they arrived to this place in. Lo'ak was still holding onto the arrow-less bow in his hand, while the other held the grip on the ilu's saddle. He looked around desperately, scared that Ao'nung had purposely left him there. "Hey, guys! Ao'nung!" Lo'ak yelled out, hoping for any sort of response, but he only got his echo in response because his voice was ringing throughout the three big rocks behind him.

"Come on, this isn't funny!" Lo'ak yelled out, steering his ilu to stay in place. He was losing hope with every passing second, and he truly did not know how to get back home on his own. He had just followed Ao'nung and his friends' lead when coming to this place.

Unfortunately, Lo'ak had no idea of what was lurking beneath him. As expected, an Akula noticed the boy's presence and was circling him, having him as a target for prey. Upon having a clear-cut way to try and eat Lo'ak, the Akula changed its pace and began to swim directly upwards to where the boy was.

All of a sudden, Lo'ak and his ilu were taken by surprise when the Akula leaped from the water from beneath them and sent the ilu and Sully brother flying through the air. Lo'ak was forced to dismount his ilu, given that he was thrown somewhere else. The Akula's three-part mouth opened and attempted to bite anything that could serve as prey. Before the ilu fell into the water completely, the Akula failed to take a bite out of the ilu, but then tried again.

Lo'ak yelled as he fell and crashed in the water, then tried to regain his composure beneath the surface. Frightened, the ilu attempted to escape but was not fast enough to out-swim the giant predator, so a bite was taken out of one of its fins. With pained screeches, the sea creature attempted to continue swimming as fast as possible while retaining a bloody fin.

When the ilu was far enough to swim away, and the Akula lost interest, the dangerous predator turned around again and set its focus on Lo'ak, who only had a bow and arrow in his hands and nothing more. He was completely unprotected. With panic, Lo'ak's eyes widened and he began to swim away toward coral formations that would give him some kind of protection. He tried to swim as fast as he could but the Akula was fast approaching.

Luckily, Lo'ak was able to nudge himself inside one of the coral fragments just before the Akula tried to take a bite of out him. Lo'ak pressed his back against the far end, watching as the predator tried to repeatedly bite and try to fit its head inside the coral, but its three-part jaw made it impossible. Lo'ak had to think about something quickly or he'd die there.

As the Akula repeatedly tried to ram its head inside the coral, rapidly destroying some part of it, Lo'ak put his last arrow on his bow to use and aimed it at the creature when its mouth was open. When the arrow shot directly into the predator's inside, drawing blood, it only seemed to anger the creature because it ate and destroyed Lo'ak's only weapon in its jaws.

After that, the Akula was pretty smart to realize that opening its mouth won't do anything, so it closed its mouth and stuck its jaw all the way in the hole Lo'ak was hiding in. The boy's eyes widened at how close its sharp teeth were to him, so he started to look around for another way to get out in desperation. All those lessons with Tsireya were paying off when it came to holding his breath underwater, but he started to realize that it wouldn't be long until he ran out of air and he had to leave the safety of the coral column and go somewhere else.

The dangerous predator pulled its jaw out and bit through one of the coral fragments, giving it more space to go after Lo'ak. The said boy was able to find another opening and didn't hesitate to swim through it, avoiding the jaws of the creature with just a strike of luck. Lo'ak left that fragment of coral he was hiding in and openly started to swim through the reef until he caught sight of another one, just as the Akula was trying to bite through another one of the corals ferociously.

Eventually, realizing that the corals wouldn't budge, the Akula swam over them instead and continued to swim after Lo'ak. Just as the creature was about to try and take another bite of the boy, Lo'ak miraculously made it inside the coral columns and fragments he was intending to get to. The predator did not give up, and in frustration, continued to ram its head into the coral to get to the boy.

Lo'ak was making his entire way around the coral, to a much more secure area, giving him enough time to get out of the animal's radar. When Lo'ak reached the bottom part of the columns, he leaned against it and stopped hearing coral breaking, seeing that the animal was no longer after him. But even if it's the case that the Akula lost interest, it was too good to be true. He had to be sure it was gone.

There was only silence for a few more seconds, and Lo'ak thought that he was finally safe and out of the woods, but that was until the Akula reappeared just above him, shoving its head inside the coral and thrashing its body to create more collateral damage around the area. As it continued to try and bite the boy, Lo'ak was in distress. He continued to swim through any nook and cranny he could find. No matter what he did, the giant predator was always there. It was like he couldn't escape it.

Lo'ak continued to swim further back, up until he reached a dead end and was forced to lay his back against the coral behind him. He watched as the Akula tried to jam its head through the hole he just came through, but it seemed to have gotten frustrated so the predator abruptly swam away. Lo'ak was confused by its sudden dismissal, but even so, he continued to look for ways to get out. He would run out of air soon, and he couldn't get to the surface with the ferocious creature preying and lurking.

He looked through every single crack that allowed him to see through the fragments he was hiding in, not being able to spot the Akula anywhere. He didn't want to believe it was gone. He thought that before and he was stupid to think the animal would just give up.

Turns out, the predator was much smarter than Lo'ak gave it credit for. The creature did stop trying, but not entirely, only for the meantime. The Akula was intelligent enough to choose to wait until Lo'ak ran out of oxygen and then when he tried to resurface, it would eat him. It was simple.

While Lo'ak continued to look around, he started to feel his lungs constricting. He was running out of air, and he knew he would drown soon if he didn't leave. He puffed out bubbles of air that left his mouth at the feeling of his lungs tightening. Lo'ak let out muffled grunts, letting out more bubbles into the water, and desperately looking to see if there was any way he could get out without risking being seen by the creature preying on him.

Lo'ak stopped for a moment and tried to calm down his nerves, doing the exercises Tsireya taught him. At least so that he could breathe for longer until he found a way out. He tried to calm down his heart rate and his anxiety, but it was too much. Lo'ak shook his head with a pained expression, trying to make his way out of the fragment in desperate need of air. He had no choice but to escape, or he would drown.

The moment he was out in the open water of the reef again, the Akula appeared from a corner and began swimming towards Lo'ak again. That was the predator's plan after all. The creature was rushing in for the kill, opening its three-part jaw. Knowing he had no other choice, Lo'ak pulled out his dagger and held it up with the most daring and courageous expression he could muster. He figured he could at least go out fighting.

Unexpectedly, at the last second before the Akula could reach Lo'ak, a much larger creature that resembled some sort of whale came in and rammed into the predator. The larger creature crushed and pushed the Akula onto a wall of coral, taking out the beast. At moment the predator hit the coral, blood was drawn and it started to howl in pain.

Lo'ak took this as his chance to try and get to the surface, but as he tried to swim up, the thrashing of the much larger whale-like animal was causing its tail to move from side to side, making it impossible for Lo'ak to get to the top and get air. It took a while but at the same time as the Akula was killed and its lifeless body descended to the bottom of the reef, Lo'ak began to blink in and out of consciousness.

Before he could even try to get up to the surface because the path was cleared, Lo'ak choked out a muffled groan, and a bubble of air released from him. He began slowly closing his eyes and let his knife go, given that he no longer had the strength to hold it anymore. Soon enough, he was completely unconscious and began to slowly sink toward the ocean floor. After that, everything went black.

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The last thing Lo'ak expected was to wake up again. When he did, he was laying on a hard surface, and he could feel air coursing through his lungs again. When he opened his eyes, he felt water rushing in behind him like a shore, and he was so dizzy and disoriented, that he just assumed that's where he was. Lo'ak's arms were completely scratched up and injured, so he also he had some bruises forming on his back and his forehead, too.

He slowly began to pick himself up and lean against the surface he woke up on. The boy crawled a bit more forward, grabbing onto any dent that could give him impulse. Lo'ak started to look around and realized that he was indeed back on the surface, and still at Three Brothers Rocks. Confusion ran through him, not being able to piece together how he got there or how he was even alive for that matter. Everything seemed so jumbled together in his head.

Before he could form another thought, a hole opened up in the surface he was in, then water and air erupted from it. If he wasn't mistaken, those were blowholes, like nostrils that whales and dolphins have back on Earth. Norm and Max had taught him, Kiri, Neteyam, and Tuk all about life on Earth. Even Jake too. That meant that he was on some sort of creature, and on the top of its head where they breathe.

"Holy shit..." Lo'ak muttered, seeing not one, but multiple blowholes starting to open at the same time. As more waves crashed beside him, he began to look around and saw brightly colored head crests that protrude from the front of its snout, which looked like tusks. The creature also seemed to have plated armor all over its body, which is why Lo'ak assumed he washed up on shore when he woke up.

He was unaware, but Lo'ak was probably on the back of one of the most sentient and biggest creatures that exist on Pandora. From what he could see, the whale-like creature had various fins on both sides. As the creature blew more air through its blowholes, Lo'ak slid off its back and lowered himself onto the water.

The boy swam a bit, and in the corner of his eyes, he saw a spear wedged into the animal's fin. Moving a bit closer, Lo'ak swam up to the creature's eyes, which were following the boy's every move. He made eye contact with the animal's bright and yellow eyes, prompting the whale-like creature to create rippling and vocal echolocation sounds, reverberating through the water. The animal opened and closed its eyes with a slight fondness to them, gazing at the boy who positioned himself to sit on its fin.

Lifting its head from the surface slightly, so that's eyes could face Lo'ak above the water, Lo'ak quickly realized what this species was. "You're a Tulkun," He said, and the said creature closed its eyes slowly and opened them again as if it was nodding. Lo'ak was in shock and couldn't form any words to say except ones that expressed pure gratitude. "You saved my life. Thank you," He said, realizing that he probably had to sign for the Tulkun to understand him "Thank you," He said again, but this time, signing as well.

The Tulkun's eyes softened at the boy's words and began to create loud echoing sounds that sounded like the creature was trying to tell Lo'ak something too. "Buddy, I have no idea what you just said," Lo'ak laughed with a smile. Eye contact was important for the Tulkun to communicate as well, so how he was looking at Lo'ak, it was clear that the creature already had a soft spot for the boy sitting on its fin.

Having said that, the Tulkun moved its gaze onto the spear impaled on its frontal fin that Lo'ak was sitting. The said boy quickly caught on and turned back to face the eyes of the sentient creature. "They hurt you, didn't they?" Lo'ak asked, referring to the Sky People. Only they could have these types of weapons.

The Tulkun hummed deeply, as an affirmation. Without hesitating, Lo'ak maneuvered himself on the fin and looked at the eyes of the Tulkun again, filled with determination. "I'm gonna pull it out. Don't worry. Trust me, okay?" Lo'ak assured, trying to pull on the hook as hard as he could, but it didn't budge. He quickly realized that there was some sort of lock on the bottom, so he submerged himself to be below the fin as the Tulkun watched him intently.

Grabbing onto the top part of the lock, Lo'ak began to twist the mechanism the opposite way, to release the hook. The more he twisted it, the more rust began to fall out, which meant that this Tulkun has probably had this on for a long time with no one to help.

As Lo'ak successfully removed the bottom part of the hook, he was able to release it from the Tulkun's fins altogether. The creature's eyes followed the rusty spear fall onto the bottom of the ocean floor, happy that it was gone at last.

Lo'ak came back up to the surface and re-positioned himself on the Tulkun's fin, earning a hum of gratitude from the creature for finally getting that spear off. It was painful to have, but it was more excruciating to relive the memories that came with it. Now, this Tulkun no longer had to suffer through that.

"Friends?" Lo'ak asked, signing while connecting his hands. He had a hopeful smile on his face. The Tulkun's eyes softened at his question, wanting nothing more. At the sound of confirmation from the creature, Lo'ak laughed wholeheartedly. "Yes, that's right! We're friends! Friends!" He said, a bright smile beaming at the Tulkun with utter joy.

It seems that the Tulkun itself was a little too excited because it lifted the fin that Lo'ak was sitting on, making fall off onto the water, and then dropped the fin back down with a splash. "Woah! Bro!" Lo'ak exclaimed before he was completely submerged underwater.

Once below the surface, Lo'ak raised his arms as a sign asking why the Tulkun did that, but all in good fun. Lo'ak could tell that the giant animal was feeling a bit playful because it started swimming around in circles merrily until it came back to face Lo'ak. The Tulkun made whistle and clicking sounds, expressing its happiness, making the Sully brother smile fondly at his newfound friendship.

After that, the Tulkun gave Lo'ak an invitation to swim around the reef while he hung onto his fin. And that's what they did. Lo'ak held onto the Tulkun's fin as they cruised along the reef, with the sun reflecting onto the crystal clear water. It was so blissful that Lo'ak couldn't even remember what Ao'nung and his friends did. It had completely left his mind.

As they swam, Lo'ak turned to look at the eyes of the Tulkun and smiled, which the creature reciprocated with a high-pitched whistle, closing and opening its eyes fondly. They did all sorts of different tricks together like twirling in the water, swimming backward, doing flips, and swimming just across from each other.

Eventually, coming up the Tulkun's other side, Lo'ak noticed that this particular one had a shorter fin. It looked bitten, or more like broken off somehow. Lo'ak's eyes furrowed sadly, already feeling condolences for whatever may have transpired for that to have happened. "I'm sorry," Lo'ak signed, still underwater.

Knowing that it was probably too painful to even recall what happened, Lo'ak left it at that and he was sure that maybe someday this Tulkun would be willing to share what happened, but all in due time. He wouldn't do that to him, and he certainly didn't want to re-open old wounds that have taken time to heal.

Moving over to the Tulkun's other side, and still not knowing its name, Lo'ak held onto the creature's extended fin and they continued to swim together, creating a lifelong bond.

When the two of them were up on the surface again after swimming for a bit, Lo'ak sat on the creature's fin. The Tulkun had agreed to take Lo'ak back home and that's what they were doing right now. It was soon nearing nighttime so Lo'ak hoped he arrived back home before it was too late and his dad noticed he was gone.

As the creature began to swim away from Three Brothers' Rocks with Lo'ak on his fin, the young Sully boy began to talk to the Tulkun about his family and his life. The creature responded with small howls with everything he said, showing that he was paying attention to all the things Lo'ak was saying.

"I have an older brother, Neteyam. My older sister's name is Kiri, and my youngest sister, Tuk. My dad, he was Toruk Makto, so that's cool" Lo'ak began to explain. The Tulkun whistled as it cruised through the open waters, letting its eyes move to settle on Lo'ak. "He'll be really upset if he finds out Ive been gone, not mention I almost died" Lo'ak laughed, but in reality, he was really nervous about his dad's reaction. If only he could get back to the village completely unnoticed and unsuspected, but even Lo'ak knew that's asking for too much.

"Oh, and my mom- I-I mean, my dad's friend is really nice" Lo'ak said, not believing that those words came out of his mouth. The Tulkun must have noticed his hesitance because it howled and splashed its fins. "Her name is y/n and she was really made the transition of my family to the village so much easier. She's really cool" Lo'ak admitted, recalling how supportive you've been of him, being there to pick up the pieces of his father's scoldings.

"I heard Tulkun's have connections with the Metkayina. Do you know her? Her full name is Y/n Te Keta Woti'ite" Lo'ak pointed out, but what he wasn't expecting is the Tulkun to stop swimming and halt its movement all of a sudden. Lo'ak was confused as to why they've stopped in open sea, but then saw the eyes of the Tulkun regarding him with an unsettling look. Why did he stop at the mention of you?

"Bro, why'd we stop?" Lo'ak asked, scooting closer to the Tulkun's eyes and searching for an answer. He hadn't quite mastered how to talk to a creature of this sort, but Tsireya had told him some things. These creatures were a big part of the ocean Na'vi, so that was one of the things she briefly taught him. He could somewhat understand what the creature had tried to say when he thanked him for saving his life, but it was a very rough translation. The Tulkun was letting out urgent howls and whistles trying to get his message out to him.

"What are you trying to say?" Lo'ak said, trying to understand what was being communicated with him, but the translation was getting jumbled up in his head. He could tell it was urgent and distressing, that much he knew. The Tulkun continued to make sounds, and slowly, the translation was starting to make sense for Lo'ak and what he understood confused him. "Bring her to me," Lo'ak repeated what he had understood.

It seems that what he had comprehended was correct because the Tulkun let our whistling ripples and howls in confirmation. "Bring Y/n to you? Why?" Lo'ak asked, but the Tulkun's eyes softened as it continued to release sounds that Lo'ak was trying to understand. "You have something to tell her? Do you know her?" Lo'ak asked, and the Tulkun slowly closed and opened its eyes as if it was nodding.

"If you say so. I'll talk to her about it. It's the least I can do after you saved me" Lo'ak smiled, and the Tulkun released much more happy and cheerful sounds. Soon, they began to move again. On the way there, Lo'ak couldn't stop thinking about how this Tulkun could be connected to you. He didn't know much about your past, so it was possible that you had some sort of relationship to a stray Tulkun.

Either way, Lo'ak wasn't about to refuse a favor to this creature that saved his life and was also taking him back home. This has been a very strange and questionable day, and Lo'ak has a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time.

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Hi! Double update for the first time! I said this before but this is a bit of a filler chapter but also not at the same time. Its opening up to something much deeper that will happen later on the in the story and I can't wait for you all to see it. It's really exciting!

I have officially two days left of school and only one final exam! I cannot wait to finish school and have much more time to write and do things I love without school pressure. I start college in september so I have a lot of time for future projects on here and irl :,)

Other than that, my life has been pretty uneventful lmao Ive been preparing for graduation and all but that's about it. Ive also had time to take naps in the afternoon a lot more often shsh so that's good. Time is opening up for me and I am so relieved <3

As usual, there's not much I have to say now, but as always, I'll add other news in future chapters if there are any at all or if anything changes. Anyway, I'll see you all in the next one! 🤍 Have a good rest of your week everyone!

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