Nautia nodded, smiling again at trying to create what these places looked like in her mind, "The sounds are slightly muffled like you said, but there aren't as many. as well. Maybe you'll hear a whale in the distance, or the waves at the surface, but other than that, others like me are the only really sound underwater."
He thought for a moment, imagining what it would be like underwater. "It sounds…calm, it's hard to find any quiet up here." He laughed lightly.
"I'm not a fan of how quiet it is, but yes..sometimes it can be very calming," She replied, thinking back to her ocean home and the variety of sounds you could hear, mostly from the animals calling to each other, or voices of merpeople, "I like the noise of up here."
"I can understand that, silence can be both serene and…suffocating." He answered, remembering moments where silence played part in the loneliest points of his travels.
Nautia nodded, agreeing, "There are times I love how quiet it is underwater, especially when exploring the reefs and caves, but most of the time I enjoy the fact that there are others around and I'm not alone."
Keiran smiled "That's a nice way to think about it."
Her smile grew and she nodded once again, starting to walk deeper into the island to look around. It was all beautiful and she had a million questions bursting at the seams of her mind, but she kept quiet anyway.
Keiran followed Naudias lead, letting her take everything in on her own terms rather than just following him around. He kept in kind the direction to the beach as they wandered.
"So what are these called?" She asked somewhat timidly, motioning to a few flowers scattered around. Nautia had seen them before, by the beach, but she had no clue what they were called. It seemed stupid to ask, but she did anyway.
"I think those are hibiscus flowers." He crouched down to where the flowers were growing, picked one up and offered it to Naudia.
She nodded, taking the flower from him and looking at it in amazement, "These are flowers? I've heard of those before, but i've never seen them before."
"Yeah, flowers grow all over the place up here in all different shapes and colours." He answered
"One of the older mermaids talked about flowers called daisies, are those still around?" She asked, thinking back to the tales she was told as a kid by one of the mermaids that had explored the word before it was illegal to. Her eyes flicked to him and back to the flower as she brushed a finger over the petals, worried she was going to accidentally break it.
"Yeah daisies are beautiful, they grew all over where I grew up!" He answered happily. "I doubt we'll find any on this island though."
A small smile grew over her face, "But they still exist? Even if they're not on this island?" It was clear she was amazed and wanted to learn more about the flowers and just the world in general.
"They still exist." He answered, enjoying being able to help her fill her curiosity.
"That's amazing..do you know how many different species of flowers are on earth?" She asked, cocking her head to the side slightly in question.
"Oh uh" He thought for a second and laughed lightly "I have no idea, there are a lot though probably thousands."
A smile settled onto her face and she nodded, turning the flower in her hand and admiring all the petals and colors of it, "Are they all as pretty as this flower?"
"I think so, it depends on the person though I guess." He answered, smiling softly as she studied the flower.
Nautia looked up at him and held the flower gently in her hand, smiling, "Can we keep looking around the island? It's beautiful."
"Of course" he answered smiling. "I'm not sure how big this island it but theres surely more to see."
She nodded, looking over to him as her smile grew and she started to slowly start walking again. There was so much to explore on this island, and she wanted to see and learn as much as she possibly could.
He followed her through the thick foliage of the island, green grass and bushes lines the ground full of colourful flowers and different fruits and things growing sun shown through the trees giving everything a golden glow. It was slowly getting lower in the sky, giving a soft orange glow on the horizon of the sky.
Nautia knew she probably should be getting back to the water as the sun started setting, but she didn't want to leave the beautiful island. The water could wait. She wanted to explore and find out everything she could about the island.