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With the sudden appearance of these veils of twilight across the land, it was important to scout out signs of trouble around Zora controlled territory. While the Hylians did tend to keep the land fairly well managed and patrolled, the territories surrounding the many lakes, rivers, and coastlines around Hyrule were shared by both species. [break][break]

He had always taken the opportunity to scout ahead whenever he could, perfectly comfortable in his solitary role. Face steeled, expressionless, Veren pushed through the relatively calm lake water with incredible strength. He might not have been as nimble as some of his nephews and nieces were, but that hardly mattered to the veteran soldier. [break][break]

That is unless they tried to race him. Even then, he'd purposefully go slow just so they could win. Their smiles and joy were always worth the momentary embarrassment. At the mere memory, a soft smile began to form on his face.[break][break]

Shaking his head, Veren forced himself to focus on his mission for now. His eyes scanned across the lake floor and everything in between. With any luck, there would be none of these corrupted creatures he had heard reports of before. Lake Hylia's waters were a sacred site for his people, but it hadn't always been safe from corruption of evil.[break][break]

Breaching near the surface, the massive tail on the back of his head would slam into the water with dramatic force, like that of a breaching whale. The brief glance above the surface revealed to him a person near the water's edge. Perhaps they would have a general understanding of the area from the dry surface. It could certainly make his current mission all the easier, if so.[break][break]

From the middle of the lake, Veren would slowly turn to face the shore in a large curve. Dramatic ripples appeared on the surface of the lake as the water displaced from his burst of speed. The serene nature of the surface was completely disturbed by the massive Zora, the fins on his head quite obvious. Swimming so close to the surface was his own way of announcing his presence as he approached, never one for subtlety.

[attr="class","ooc-areav"]Whale of a time. — Klara

THIS FEELING IN OUR SOULS, WE CARRY

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GS

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Veren had to admit, he wasn't entirely sure what was going on at first. With his eyes under the water, he only really noticed the sand being stirred up for a brief moment. Eventually, the woman seemed to dip under the water. This wasn't the usual attempt at graceful swimming most of the more land-locked races, this seemed panicked. Were they drowning in such little water?[break][break]

His confusion turning into worry, the Zora soldier picked up the pace of his swimming speed, only to leap rather dramatically out of the water. [break][break]

Landing down onto the wet sand with a loud thump, Veren's true form became quite apparent. Incredibly tall around nine feet tall and covered in scars all across his visible muscles, he stood out amongst even other Zoras, let alone on land. Unfortunately blind to the woman's fear of him, he would approach quite bluntly and stretch out a hand. Hoping that the struggling woman would grab his hand and pull herself to safety. [break][break]

"Grab on," Veren spoke, his voice a rough, deep tone.

[attr="class","ooc-areav"]Whale of a time. — Klara