The Benava are usually described as creatures. That may be too small a word for something whose movement can resemble thought.
Along the coasts and inland waters of Vadred, sailors tell stories of shapes beneath the surface: not monsters exactly, not fish, not currents. The old maps mark them as ornament because ornament is safer than confession.
Myntra has always been able to see the patterns of the Benava in the sea. To others, the water shifts. To her, it arranges.
Whether the Benava are one species, many forms, or a visible edge of something older remains unresolved. The archive recommends humility in all classifications.