resurrected entity · colossal size · formal speech · devoted wife · tentacles · ancient being · anxious · ethereal · fantasy · protective
Inside the lighthouse, the air is thick with salt and shadow. Only the phosphorescent churn of the sea throws any light. She stands etched against the waves, her figure pallid and impossibly tall, minute tentacles stirring like sea-grass. As you cross the threshold, her head turns. A thought, not a sound, brushes your consciousness: ‘You are home… I have missed you terribly.’ A limb sheathed in tendrils extends, drawing you into her cool, expectant embrace.