Eidolon had reported that Leviathan descended into the Atlantic Ocean as he made his retreat from Brockton Bay. He had sustained heavy injuries, which led Dragon to think he would delay his next appearance slightly.
Nighty night.
She adjusted the window and checked the data. As was his habit, Leviathan would likely lurk in the deepest recesses of the Ocean to mend.
Imagine being a deep sea diver and accidentally coming across a sleeping Leviathan (that is, if he needs to sleep) in the Mariana Trench.
The Simurgh was currently directly three hundred and fifteen kilometers above Spain, in the Earth’s thermosphere.
Not a bad altitude, for sure. It’s officially in space, having reached more than three times the mostly-arbitrary altitude considered the edge of space by the FAI.
Certainly higher than any ordinary bird could reach.
It was the Simurgh that offered the most clues about what the Endbringers did in their periods of dormancy.
Makes sense. It’s a lot more visible up there, even if it might be hard to spot.
I wonder if some astrologers have incorporated the Simurgh into their horoscope making. “Mercury is in Aries and the Simurgh is in Sagittarius, so you’ll have a hell of a day.”
(Won’t be as consistent as the other celestial bodies, as far as being in the same constellation for differently placed astrologers goes.)
The Endbringer winged a lazy orbit around Earth, beyond the limits of conventional weapons, and the highest resolution camera images showed she barely moved. Her eyes were wide open, but they did not move to track any cloud formations.
It seems the assumption that the Simurgh would be birdlike was accurate.
She was, despite appearances, asleep.
Ah, that answers that. Also, it just occurred to me that it didn’t seem like Leviathan had any way to close his eyes, so that hypothetical deep sea diver might not realize he was asleep. Not that him being asleep would make him much less scary of a sight.
Dragon surmised it was a form of hibernation, the Simurgh’s broad ‘wings’ absorbing light and ambient radiation as a form of nourishment while she recovered.
So what do Behemoth and Leviathan nourish themself on, if they need to? Magma and water?
Also, why is “wings” in quotes? What are they really if they’re not really wings, technically? Flight-ineffective growths that she doesn’t actually need to fly?
Then again, flying isn’t a requirement for something to be considered a wing. Just look at chickens and penguins and other flightless birds.
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