Exploration

It only took me 2 and a half hours to end up back where I had started following the shore. In the process I realized that this land I was on was a rather small Island at my scale. Only about 7-8 kms circumference at best.

I also noticed, and apparently scared, the navies of almost 24 different Kingdoms in my walk. I guess this land is about continent scale for them.

Lacking anything else to do, I headed back to the imprint I had previously caused.

When I got there, I noticed that the sky was starting to get darker. I thought that the Sun's position was at noon when I first opened my eyes though?

Oh well. Feeling tired, I lay down in the imprint, and fell asleep.

***

Meanwhile in the Castle, Queen Kiera was discussing with her advisors about how they should handle the Titan named John.

"Unfortunately we don't have any means to hurt it. All our arrows and spells failed to even penetrate its clothing. Even the ones that landed on bare skin didn't even seem to be noticed by it. If the Queen's Voice enhancement spell hadn't given us a clear example otherwise, I would have theorized that it was immune to Magic." the Archmage Julian was currently explaining to the rest of the council.

"What are the potential impacts on our lands if he starts living in the vicinity?" the Queen asked of the Lords who governed various regions on her behalf.

"Well, given his massive size... I don't think our lands could manage to provide even a single meal for him, if he eats anywhere near the amount a standard Human would eat proportional to their size." was the assessment by Duke Wynknight.

"On a more positive note, he would serve as the World's biggest, and insurmountable deterrent against invasion. Which could be even more powerful if we can convince him to play an Active role in defense." chimed in Earl Altdorf.

"I suppose that would be true, especially after his stroll along the coast has broadcast his existence to the entire Continent. No one has reported any intentional casualties from his actions. The only direct interactions that have been observed between him and normal people was during his abduction of myself earlier. And even then, it seemed mostly like he was studying something new and unusual, rather than intent to harm." Queen Kiera replied. "Still, we don't have enough information. Have we been able to investigate the 'crash' site he mentioned earlier?"

"Our team is still traveling to the location. Magical Scrying additionally indicates that it'll take days to examine the whole site. The land in the region has been deformed to a humongous extent. The crater from where his head lay alone could serve as a lake if it was filled with water." was the response from the Archmage.

Suddenly a look of concentration could be seen on Archmage Julian's face. After a few minutes, it relaxed, and he updated the council. "I just received word from the investigation team that they won't be able to examine the site for the time being. The Titan returned from his stroll, and lay down in the site. He is now asleep, with his breathing causing strong winds in the near vicinity. The team can't get any closer right now without risking their lives."

"Does this mean that the site has some significance to him?" Earl Altdorf inquired.

"It could just be that it's one of the few locations that he is familiar with for now." Duke Wynknight theorized.

"Wait, have any of the other Kingdoms complained about Land damage caused by the Titan?" the Queen interjected. "Because I recall that despite his tremendous size, the damage to the land near our Kingdom is rather minimal. Just a few footprints. The odds of such low damage from him passing through seems very unlikely, unless it's a deliberate effort on his part. Could it be that he has gone back to what is most likely the biggest scene of destruction caused by him, in order to reduce additional destruction? Or am I grasping at empty air here?"

"Hmmm... it's possible that is the case, but we would need more information before drawing any sort of serious conclusion." Archmage Julian replied. "Realistically, all we can do for now is wait and observe"

***

After waking up the next morning, I realized that I had Visitors. Several groups of people were swarming around the vicinity of my sleeping area, like ants drawn to a spill of kool-aid.

I was confused about how they spread out so far, in such a relatively short amount of time, but I quickly realized that I had made an erroneous assumption in thinking that they were all part of one team.

Two of the groups bumped into each other, and started squabbling, or maybe it was an actual fight. I'm not sure, because when I leaned over to get a clearer picture, they stopped, and started scattering.

I looked around trying to remember where the kingdom with the Queen I talked to yesterday was, and then found the group of Visitors closest to that direction.

Getting down lower, in an attempt to better see them, I tried studying what they were doing. To my surprise, they were trying to study the imprint I woke up in Yesterday.

After watching them for a while, I decided to try talking to them. "What are you guys trying to figure out by studying that Handprint?"

The people, who had been frequently glancing at me earlier, but started relaxing a little, suddenly froze up. I saw some quiet and furtive discussions, before I spotted the glowing blue sparkles from yesterday. Sure enough, I soon heard a voice.

"We're trying to figure out how and why you arrived in our world. We were trying to figure out the significance of the swirling in this particular indent"

The cloaked figure gestured to a spot in the indentation. After taking a quick glance, I figured out what he was talking about, and it's source. Chuckling, I hovered my hand above the imprint, and told him "See for yourself".

The people seemed confused at first, until one started pointing frantically at my fingertips, and then the swirl marks. "Oh, looks like that guy has figured it out, haha"

"Wait, it's just the imprint caused by your fingerprints? We thought it might of had ritual significance."

I realized that they had an incomplete picture from their low to the ground perspective. So in order to help them out a little, I lowered my hand to the ground, palm up, so that they could climb on, and get a better perspective.

They seemed terrified at first, but after some brief discussion, two of them climbed onto my hand. I raised them up, level with my head, and then did a gentle sweep, letting them get a panoramic view of the entire impact site.

After I put them back down, I heard a voice in my ear asking a question. Weird, I didn't see the blue sparkles this time.

"So what do you eat?"

This singular question sent my brain into overdrive down a rabbit hole.