Mist dusted the glassy surface of the water.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnRckJqlDr
Dawn, placid and cool with early spring,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxaZ2a8fmtT
the boy dipped the top of his head into the air.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3P2CVwGywW
Gaze dark as jet scanned the shoreline773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzudG3T7zk0
where homes sprouted moss beyond the sandy ribbon of beach.
A gull chopped a warbled caw,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdZSkE7kjC
Dipped then spun onto the brine.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5R254Jdq1N
The seals had left him, preferring the safety of the jagged stones.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgl4NOnIrr
Cagily as a crab at low tide, he paddled with pale arms773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0yJXDeV8G
towards the land.
The boy had once had a human name773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTiMIf23LX
one his tongue had never learned to say773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jB4G9jiXQ
but that his mother had never forgotten.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWBtBph8n5
The seals had called him their own773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZTHBVDCDZ
as long as he could remember.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqUKkT82fm
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All was silent, as it hadn’t been in months.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAunCix0SOH
Not since the giant, creaking monsters like iron land whales773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmpUakkDBT
could be spotted amid a garden of smoke and noise.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQCSTSnEOx
Noise that filled his lungs like salt,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfo1V8tuxRV
the boy was terrified by the chaos and yet drawn to it773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSvHqWPYuu
as his humanity drove him towards the danger.
The seals did not argue. Nor did the gulls.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqlD4hw8IU
Fourteen years were enough to teach him what they could773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeKNODq4V9
and now it was his choice to make.
Naked with wrinkled toes and fingers,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMPIPSfbrs
Cold dripping from his black curls,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimKQ9nYTiL
the boy made landfall and crawled onto the shore.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypf5yGXs3r
Legs like a newborn lamb, he stumbled up towards the village.
There was a white washed cottage with a row of sea roses,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK9wPSnaH6
frothy smoke trailing up from the chimney in the thatch roof.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Lj0llYHrH
The boy paused at an eruption of voices within.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIGMdKWc6da
He hid and watched.
A man with tall, shining boots of black773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXYAnWvNdi
buttons like bright shells down his barreled chest773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWgbEB3W6j
Gripped the arm of an old man,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9yIIsxMVs
bent and craggy as rocks pockmarked by barnacles773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYhs6ht48A
slathered in seaweed.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZOgeFq9oM
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On the old man’s chest, a strange symbol,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmJt0GUf3O
a starfish in tide pools but bright yellow.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8qAC5EUGan
Cut roughly and sewn onto his sweater773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAfJE6SydZ
like the brands the boy had watched farmers give their cattle773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDrmksuyoQ
on fields lining the grey ocean.
The boy had seen before what the man in his boots and buttons held.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqyDmaKdhn
When the noise had begun on the shores,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1vVPotB27
he had seen them used before on other men773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡemKpKzA2o7
a horrible bang and so much gore,773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsIGScrvp3
leaving drifting tendrils of smoky red in the water.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82h6VMQ4XK
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A sharp pop, like when the strong waves find a crevice in the rocks773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOmipPMXKk
and the old man goes still on the soggy ground.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpRcBO44nzh
The boy watches silently as the other man walks away without another look.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUejQy0W1vP
The old man stirs, a ragged breath that pains the boy to hear.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpme0lBU7Xr
He edges up towards the cottage773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEDSec1zjd
crimson soaking between the cracks in the rock walkway.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wj5y8euOx
The boys leaves bare footprints in blood that isn’t his own.
Crouching by the man, he grips his hand till it goes limp.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDfTQVZZRJ
The boy doesn’t know why he needed to do it.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLk4or5xuqg
His couldn’t imagine not.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4mujxbXCA
One last look at the ruin of the world773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu45gJm7iny
and the boy makes his choice.
He rips the cloth star from the man’s sweater773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNG3vjZB7D1
and returns to the sea.
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