𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐄; Neteyam.

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CHAPTER THREE
iii. ( if the moon calls you by your name. )

NETEYAM HAD A PROBLEM, if you asked Lo'ak about it he would have said that he had more than one problem— being annoying was the main one in his humble opinion.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎He knew that he wasn't the ideal idea of a leader, he wasn't the protective force of his father or the stubborn prowess of his mother, he was just Neteyam. Which yeah, he was a great climber but that didn't really matter when everything that surrounded them was water— which was very much under him, not above.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Creating the handles for ilu wasn't particularly difficult, most of his issues came in the form of the fact that the seaweed kept slipping from his fingers, Tsireya had giggled but helped patiently until the wooden piece was wrapped enough to not bend under force.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Neteyam and the rest of his siblings had been practicing calls, that unlike for their banshees were supposed to be a mixture of a vibration and a vocal call so it could be also heard underwater. He felt incredibly stupid.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"Kew!" Tsireya sighed in relief when a figure reached them from the distance, Kiri was tucked in front of Kew'Itan protected from falling in the water by the arms of the teenager behind her.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"Kiri!" Tuk practically threw herself at their sister.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"Sorry.." she mumbled sheepishly.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Neteyam watched as Kew made a rumble from the deep of his throat, a sweet call as he rubbed the creature's head before sending it away. It looked surprisingly cute even with the rows of sharp teeth.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Each of them were assigned a personal teacher, Lo'ak and Ao'nung were begrudgingly standing beside each other exchanging mean spirited words whenever Tsireya looked away and couldn't reprimand them.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Tuk and Kiri were happily patting the ilu while Tsireya instructed them on their basics.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Meaning that Neteyam was left under Kew'Itan.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Maybe Lo'ak was wrong, him being annoying was the least of his problems.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎"Thank you for finding Kiri," he spoke up after a moment of pure panic "I wouldn't have known where to look."

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Obviously.

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Instead of calling him a moron Kew shrugged "Kids are the same in every clan," his eyes lit up with a sense of humor "they all like to wander instead."