Moving Forward

our ruler follows his spouse to a nearby river, where she sails on a canoe. Our ruler decides to keep following her, setting sail shortly after her canoe is out of sight. The vegetation around the shore keeps growing thicker and baffling noises never heard before start coming out of it. our ruler tries to focus on the steady pace of the water, but he is soon distracted by another, much clearer sound. He thinks he has heard someone… or something asking him to not look back.