Mist dusted the glassy surface of the water.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXvZZgvngK
Dawn, placid and cool with early spring,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkdxu1f0WD
the boy dipped the top of his head into the air.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRH8mXlA1o
Gaze dark as jet scanned the shoreline723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxDA56EFsZ
where homes sprouted moss beyond the sandy ribbon of beach.
A gull chopped a warbled caw,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiD1vgew9eg
Dipped then spun onto the brine.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6V7aE0WrN
The seals had left him, preferring the safety of the jagged stones.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNheE34FcW5
Cagily as a crab at low tide, he paddled with pale arms723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa72QVAMbMU
towards the land.
The boy had once had a human name723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVTrkBrhYpU
one his tongue had never learned to say723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXARARdTF0
but that his mother had never forgotten.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkGSn1BFQu
The seals had called him their own723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEW2nLlsmJd
as long as he could remember.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrREkwFvCWg
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All was silent, as it hadn’t been in months.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSaPgeUruqO
Not since the giant, creaking monsters like iron land whales723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcP01kvJHmn
could be spotted amid a garden of smoke and noise.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpZwwRxKBa
Noise that filled his lungs like salt,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HKYmSDN73
the boy was terrified by the chaos and yet drawn to it723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslXf28wGIG
as his humanity drove him towards the danger.
The seals did not argue. Nor did the gulls.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5V5o6ddtEo
Fourteen years were enough to teach him what they could723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEpr2JaVmP
and now it was his choice to make.
Naked with wrinkled toes and fingers,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIGwXDPev0
Cold dripping from his black curls,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSsMvRmUmC
the boy made landfall and crawled onto the shore.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvGJlbP8TL
Legs like a newborn lamb, he stumbled up towards the village.
There was a white washed cottage with a row of sea roses,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWHym5CNjo
frothy smoke trailing up from the chimney in the thatch roof.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWA6nbJ3Ki
The boy paused at an eruption of voices within.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KlZjPLBEk
He hid and watched.
A man with tall, shining boots of black723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS9nGgpCLU
buttons like bright shells down his barreled chest723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSrOSVU2vz
Gripped the arm of an old man,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJypAUASEuB
bent and craggy as rocks pockmarked by barnacles723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMszseBOFQ
slathered in seaweed.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxIdN4HpRj
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On the old man’s chest, a strange symbol,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6F2ILtVzc
a starfish in tide pools but bright yellow.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ38Cpdx3JOI
Cut roughly and sewn onto his sweater723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6E5maIwIi
like the brands the boy had watched farmers give their cattle723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefButMeye4
on fields lining the grey ocean.
The boy had seen before what the man in his boots and buttons held.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfQ7ECRKHJ
When the noise had begun on the shores,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNhG8VUQ4Zl
he had seen them used before on other men723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3LBTpG3Lg
a horrible bang and so much gore,723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNlSR9FFld
leaving drifting tendrils of smoky red in the water.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0vuGOn30b
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A sharp pop, like when the strong waves find a crevice in the rocks723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhk6kiW8aI
and the old man goes still on the soggy ground.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs7xhZV6Ph
The boy watches silently as the other man walks away without another look.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS991yxnHzf
The old man stirs, a ragged breath that pains the boy to hear.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiu8SX3YR9f
He edges up towards the cottage723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjULdWv1rV
crimson soaking between the cracks in the rock walkway.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WI0tkPLzt
The boys leaves bare footprints in blood that isn’t his own.
Crouching by the man, he grips his hand till it goes limp.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEFr35ZYajx
The boy doesn’t know why he needed to do it.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRMi3PHr4i
His couldn’t imagine not.723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1E2S97NntS
One last look at the ruin of the world723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMZkkpA88n
and the boy makes his choice.
He rips the cloth star from the man’s sweater723Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWJylcUO39
and returns to the sea.
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