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Rewi had spent as little time as possible in the reefs. True, he was the sort to procrastinate, particularly when it came to something unpleasant (like heading home to his parents), but knowing how long he'd taken to return to them and how surely his mother and eldest sister worried about him left an uncomfortable itch along his spine, a peculiar anxiety. It was something Rewi wasn't entirely familiar with and certainly didn't like. That, and he wasn't especially fond of most 'new' things to begin with. The beaches along the oceanside had seemed nicer than the rivers... But it still wasn't home, and Rewi wanted to be home.

Just not scrutinized and ridiculed by his father.

Still, it had been now nearly a full passing of the seasons since he'd seen them, after a trip that was supposed to having taken perhaps only two months. He'd never sent them any kind of message or assurance, never shown his face in Elehun since he'd left... For all the dread Rewi held in his heart for what his father might say to him, he couldn't leave his mother to worry for any longer. Though he wouldn't usually have concerned himself over her feelings (she was the adult here, and his mother, besides. It was only right for her to worry about him), in this case, when he knew her fears would be directly his fault, he couldn't help it.

Rewi had already decided he couldn't spend as long lingering in the rivers this time as he had last time. He needed to head straight through them to reach the swamplands. Straight through. No stops or friend-making.

But since he was here, he might as well at least take the long way around? He'd already done so much traveling since he'd last been home. It would be a shame to say while recounting his journey to his family that right at the end he'd grown weary and lazy and made for home as quickly as possible. As long as he could say something that sounded like he'd tried his hardest and put forth much effort, his father wouldn't be upset... Rewi knew it.

Besides, he had done a lot of growing over the various expeditions he'd taken...

It seemed a simple enough thing to admit. If he hadn't learned anything at all since his departure, he surely wouldn't even be alive now, but he had his own craft, had sustained his health in environments unfamiliar to him, and had met a multitude of people. Maybe he didn't have much to show physically from the trip, but did that really matter?

The thought did make Rewi wonder though, if he ought to pick up some kind of presents from the places he'd been. His gaze flit through the Pale'iko market. He never had many supplies to trade with him nowadays. Most surplus had been gone pretty quickly, so if he did want to be able to afford anything in this lively market, he'd have to come up with something else entirely.