hadriel | [video] you will hear it for yourself, and it will surely fill you with wonder

[As can be expected Nate's film-related framing could be significantly improved - he isn't entirely in line with the feed, but it does enable viewers to see the edge of a jib boom, thick fabric, and the roiling, dark waters behind him. Upon finding a sailboat moored in one of his island's small, rocky coves he commandeered it for the express purpose of old school navigation: no trade or transport, but cartography.

This might be evidenced by the worn pencil he has stuck behind one ear, and the notebook flat, open, in his hand. The other he uses to talk, being a gestural sort of person.]

I know everyone else is doing the whole- y'know, "organizing stuff and travel" thing, which is great! But I've been mapping the area because we're pretty scattered. Not just in terms of area and amenities, but environment. And the lunar cycle feels like it's twice as fast.

[He isn't an astronomer or an astro-physicist, but he's had to find his path by stars before and the passage of time is expedited here in a way that must contribute to the limited extents of high tide and low tide on the islands.]

I'm not sure if there was any life here before we arrived, but if anybody finds any ruins - ones we didn't bring with us - let me know.

[Nate turns briefly, glancing out at something adjacent to him. A shadow in the waves. When he speaks again it is with calculated casualness.]

And, uh...if you see a tall guy in a denim jacket...smoker, Boston accent, answers to "Sam." Tell him I'm looking for him.

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Oh, yeah. A lot is lost at sea.

[More than he'll ever be able to bring to the surface, more than can possibly be fathomed. As terrifying as the ocean can be, as vastly unexplored its depths, it doesn't stop him from maintaining that fascination with the kind of secrets it holds.

If he can find lost cities in the jungles, in the massive stretches of desert, imagine what's below the surface of the water.]

...but, uh...it's a job. We're not rich, or anything, but it's decent money. Competition's pretty tough, so we're always looking for new work.

[ Little do either of them know that even within Hadriel, something very valuable is lost at the bottom of the sea... ]

And dangerous, I should think. There is only so much treasure to be found, and more treasure hunters than that by far.

[ She has quite a lot of treasure herself at this point, in her world, though none of it was accrued by Dany herself. ]

[video] you will hear it for yourself, and it will surely fill you with wonder

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