[Liem takes only a few jittery steps and a few deep, steadying breaths to banish the worst of his nerves now that he is once again on solid ground. For all that he did not appreciate their sudden jaunt up into the tree’s branches, now, after the fact, he has the benefit of hindsight to see that nothing terrible happened and the whole experience went about as well as it could have, even if he’d felt like dying for most of it. A few more experiences like that, and maybe he’ll even learn to enjoy being up high? He’s not counting on it, though, and definitely not volunteering.]

I suppose the structures could also hail from before this island arrived in Kenos. They are plainly old.

[Might they not simply be temples to gods of another world? The Scorching Isles had their own history, and had hailed from a larger world before it was fractured and a piece ended up in Kenos. He knows Springstar used to be a piece of Greece, as well. Might Highstorm not be the same? He intends to keep his mind open to any possibility as they move forward.]

But if Lady Yima came here as a god, or shed her mortality and became one, and this temple hails from a time when that divinity was recognized — perhaps we will learn something new about her.

[He is no archaeologist, but the chance to walk in such an ancient and forgotten shrine sends a thrill sparking down his spine. Who knows what they will find there?]

Let us go see it.