Expectation

[shosen]

Tarista stood on the docks, looked out over the ocean, and wondered if she was insane for moving to another costal town. This one was even an island, though it was close to the mainland, and the docks were far more extensive than the small one in Ratchet. Of course, she could just do as she had in Ratchet, and try to stay away from the water as much as possible.

Turning around, she took in the tall towers of the city around her sighed. Far bigger then Ratchet, though smaller than Stormwind, and despite its distance from the Eastern Kingdoms, most definitely a city of the Alliance. She wasn’t any more comfortable with that here than she had been in Stormwind, but she was going to have to deal with it. After all, the promise of a University outweighed a little discomfort. And really, Theramore was a pleasant enough place as long as she stayed away from the docks and the gloomy marsh across the bridge.

Nodding, she turned away from the city and walked toward where the boat back to Menethil Harbor would dock. She had come to see the city and to attend the University’s Open House before making the decision to move. Unfortunately, she had been running late and had missed the class introduction, but she had seen enough of the facilities to be impressed. Once she wrapped up a few loose ends in the Eastern Kingdoms, she would come back. Assuming, of course, that her application to the University was accepted. With more resources, she hoped to find the answers she was looking for. She also hoped that she would be strong enough to meet the demands of the class schedule. If her health failed her again, then she was doing nothing more than setting herself up for disappointment.