Mist dusted the glassy surface of the water.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB1EePwnux
Dawn, placid and cool with early spring,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5puj2y8Zor
the boy dipped the top of his head into the air.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTidptbN3C
Gaze dark as jet scanned the shoreline503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQx82TxGmuT
where homes sprouted moss beyond the sandy ribbon of beach.
A gull chopped a warbled caw,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCV7JQvVbw
Dipped then spun onto the brine.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzBxgTpXW8v
The seals had left him, preferring the safety of the jagged stones.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjA8VXws49e
Cagily as a crab at low tide, he paddled with pale arms503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9ioa7XBin
towards the land.
The boy had once had a human name503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6z6h8xrnt6
one his tongue had never learned to say503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesz94WZCdX
but that his mother had never forgotten.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskBqCMVi12
The seals had called him their own503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX28xONNTk7
as long as he could remember.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNGBjLmrXx
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All was silent, as it hadn’t been in months.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAylPxSXzS
Not since the giant, creaking monsters like iron land whales503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PYVk47zIf
could be spotted amid a garden of smoke and noise.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ991HRFRieK
Noise that filled his lungs like salt,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERfRCt3DFs
the boy was terrified by the chaos and yet drawn to it503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1qrsDVLfw
as his humanity drove him towards the danger.
The seals did not argue. Nor did the gulls.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfJeTvCITx
Fourteen years were enough to teach him what they could503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeC82cim7h
and now it was his choice to make.
Naked with wrinkled toes and fingers,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xHNZ0f7WX
Cold dripping from his black curls,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyweNHmjgg
the boy made landfall and crawled onto the shore.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyttaDP9FDX
Legs like a newborn lamb, he stumbled up towards the village.
There was a white washed cottage with a row of sea roses,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LcX1VWNWm
frothy smoke trailing up from the chimney in the thatch roof.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3Zt19ooW9
The boy paused at an eruption of voices within.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKJTgMRiig
He hid and watched.
A man with tall, shining boots of black503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXINZJRUO2k
buttons like bright shells down his barreled chest503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTGB093td1
Gripped the arm of an old man,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tynjYgS02
bent and craggy as rocks pockmarked by barnacles503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG7hyRELou
slathered in seaweed.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiBhqo1a6F
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On the old man’s chest, a strange symbol,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Fp9rLDxXe
a starfish in tide pools but bright yellow.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihkXuDSIQp
Cut roughly and sewn onto his sweater503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhh2S7VWDjM
like the brands the boy had watched farmers give their cattle503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaN4tMufV5
on fields lining the grey ocean.
The boy had seen before what the man in his boots and buttons held.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfDmATWXxu
When the noise had begun on the shores,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhrSI5aD0iE
he had seen them used before on other men503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtA10cV1Yuf
a horrible bang and so much gore,503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7WsQAIX6i
leaving drifting tendrils of smoky red in the water.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMyJhxcU3P
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A sharp pop, like when the strong waves find a crevice in the rocks503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxFSL5BMuK
and the old man goes still on the soggy ground.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquWmgByQdB
The boy watches silently as the other man walks away without another look.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqWtcUOOOT
The old man stirs, a ragged breath that pains the boy to hear.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FIdQUPS1D
He edges up towards the cottage503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpD0ROMPOk
crimson soaking between the cracks in the rock walkway.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ohj0gd0hh
The boys leaves bare footprints in blood that isn’t his own.
Crouching by the man, he grips his hand till it goes limp.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjAgAWMRqn
The boy doesn’t know why he needed to do it.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEUiNfateM
His couldn’t imagine not.503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRke5Dxvrdl
One last look at the ruin of the world503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQspOYkw2V
and the boy makes his choice.
He rips the cloth star from the man’s sweater503Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhUTjKBSDK
and returns to the sea.
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