[D9 EA] Here, there, and everywhere [expecting]

[Moto Baatar]

"The Unicorn have been like that for a long time," Baatar said, nodding understandingly. "We've been on the march for a million years, it seems; traveled a million miles. Sometimes this way, sometimes that. Though for the past several years it's always been east, east... looking for Rokugan."

"Now that we're finally here, I guess we'll have to settle down and hold the lands the Emperor has returned to us," he said. "But there'll always be a bit of a nomad in my soul; I think that may be true for a lot of us. I'm not quite sure where I'll end up after this miai; I imagine it won't be up to me where I go. But if I can, I'd like to see more of Rokugan than just Dark Edge Village."

[Usagi Tsukimi]

She nodded and listened, sipping her tea and looking more at Baatar than her maps.
"Ono, you don't think you'll get to choose a wife, you think it's more likely you'll be chosen, instead? Hm. Well, then you will travel, truly, to their lands. Unless you and your wife decide to travel the Empire, that is.
That's what I hope to do, regardless if I leave here betrothed or ashamed. I'm not going home, not right away, anyway. I want to see everything." her smile grew bigger as she spoke.

[Moto Baatar]

"That does sound like fun," Baatar agreed. "Where do you think you'll go first? I've heard people talk about some of the big cities, but other than that, I hardly know what there is to see that's worth seeing in Rokugan."

[Usagi Tsukimi]

"I would like to see the cities. But I would also like to see the ocean. The line where the light meets the sea, it calls me." She paused a moment, considering. "I'd also like to climb the mountains in the Dragon lands. To walk above the clouds would be pretty cool!"

[Moto Baatar]

"Does the River of Gold lead to the sea eventually?" Baatar asked. "Maybe that'd be a good place to start, since you could just follow the river down from where you normally live. What's down there, do you know?"

[Usagi Tsukimi]

She bops her head excitedly. "That's exactly what I want to do! The River runs out into Earthquake Fish Bay, in the south, straddling the Crab and Crane coastlines. Shio Senkyo no Riku is a tidal landbridge there, considered one of the natural wonders of Rokugan. I desire to see it with my own eyes one day."

[Moto Baatar]

"What's a tidal land bridge?" Baatar asked curiously. "Is the bridge very tall or something? Can you see the earthquake fish from the top of it?"

[Usagi Tsukimi]

She laughed at his innocent questions, and shook her head. "No, it's a sort of sand bar. When the tide goes out, there's a bridge across the bay. When the tide comes in, it's submerged and inaccessible."

[Moto Baatar]

"Ohh, so it's sand," Baatar said, nodding understandingly. "I've seen sand before ... but under water? Is... is there a sunken desert there or something? That would be something to see."

The young Moto, having never seen the sea, looked rather impressed by the notion that there might be enough water in the world to drown an entire desert.

[Usagi Tsukimi]

Her eyes got wide, and she shrugged slowly. "I don't know. But I'm excited to find out."

[Moto Baatar]

"That does sound like it would be quite an adventure," Baatar agreed. "I.. I'd like to see that someday, too. If duties permit it."

"Do you think it'd be hard for you to get the Hare chieftain's permission to go?"