Raizen stared at her with wide eyes.
War.
Of course she had said that like it was nothing.
The gray land stretched in front of them. The line where it ended and real rainforest began sat sharp in the distance.
He swallowed.
"How" he asked, "do you even declare war on a city like Ukai?"
Elin leaned back on her hands, legs still dangling off the stone.
"Oh, but I didn't send them a letter!" she said.
"Obviously."
"I didn't march beasts up to their gates, or torch their bridges. That would have been super cute. Pointless, but cute."
Raizen waited. Nothing she said up until now made sense.
She glanced at him, then back at the grey.
"They decided the forest was their pantry" she went on. "So... I changed the pantry!"
A small, cold feeling settled under Raizen's ribs.
"What do you mean?" he asked the only question in his mind.
She lifted a hand and pointed lazily toward the living edge.
