Mist dusted the glassy surface of the water.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRE33T62qt
Dawn, placid and cool with early spring,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzNiM7YBHH
the boy dipped the top of his head into the air.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEX9H9LhdW
Gaze dark as jet scanned the shoreline752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AekEeVCcL
where homes sprouted moss beyond the sandy ribbon of beach.
A gull chopped a warbled caw,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmINGJhE4r
Dipped then spun onto the brine.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyjLsVNeoL
The seals had left him, preferring the safety of the jagged stones.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdz5R2dqzl
Cagily as a crab at low tide, he paddled with pale arms752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu5fyGdCLw1
towards the land.
The boy had once had a human name752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6D2go0Xxo
one his tongue had never learned to say752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5TXe0nAHb
but that his mother had never forgotten.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6gRyWwous
The seals had called him their own752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrcDzHpMJ3
as long as he could remember.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaruu3B3Jsy
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All was silent, as it hadn’t been in months.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3drrfogWM
Not since the giant, creaking monsters like iron land whales752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RmKpNDX9L
could be spotted amid a garden of smoke and noise.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjMMkVT1bc
Noise that filled his lungs like salt,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpoYsRBNEh
the boy was terrified by the chaos and yet drawn to it752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzJkFkFpxn
as his humanity drove him towards the danger.
The seals did not argue. Nor did the gulls.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEkyWGXuVgv
Fourteen years were enough to teach him what they could752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGT5pvN0dD
and now it was his choice to make.
Naked with wrinkled toes and fingers,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamSeqH3saj
Cold dripping from his black curls,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmuUDT4RQ2
the boy made landfall and crawled onto the shore.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjxZ3cNCp8
Legs like a newborn lamb, he stumbled up towards the village.
There was a white washed cottage with a row of sea roses,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXmejHM085
frothy smoke trailing up from the chimney in the thatch roof.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jaubtkEnl
The boy paused at an eruption of voices within.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PbNvnps8d
He hid and watched.
A man with tall, shining boots of black752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpj1KbaS3l
buttons like bright shells down his barreled chest752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjOHa5D7Q9
Gripped the arm of an old man,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZTcUMuXb1
bent and craggy as rocks pockmarked by barnacles752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClPMRBLG4w
slathered in seaweed.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoyXQmo7Atw
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On the old man’s chest, a strange symbol,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdNGFCz2Na
a starfish in tide pools but bright yellow.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrKtlKHnoD
Cut roughly and sewn onto his sweater752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQUTvVBAmn
like the brands the boy had watched farmers give their cattle752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgrCREsA3O
on fields lining the grey ocean.
The boy had seen before what the man in his boots and buttons held.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwsjtbe4TE
When the noise had begun on the shores,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWWDxBQsI1K
he had seen them used before on other men752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaI0GmkVztl
a horrible bang and so much gore,752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagi8XQuk7d
leaving drifting tendrils of smoky red in the water.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGywU4bAwIr
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A sharp pop, like when the strong waves find a crevice in the rocks752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FnN2A0XRe
and the old man goes still on the soggy ground.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyT5nKU63c
The boy watches silently as the other man walks away without another look.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAsmaA29qQb
The old man stirs, a ragged breath that pains the boy to hear.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSmBXZJb14
He edges up towards the cottage752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR2UQbhAzu
crimson soaking between the cracks in the rock walkway.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYpPhNO6lC
The boys leaves bare footprints in blood that isn’t his own.
Crouching by the man, he grips his hand till it goes limp.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOG0kdvxDNp
The boy doesn’t know why he needed to do it.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hvlAIypkV
His couldn’t imagine not.752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDHNVmQXZd
One last look at the ruin of the world752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlco1BRe9pz
and the boy makes his choice.
He rips the cloth star from the man’s sweater752Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfLL9kI0rI
and returns to the sea.
and then Add to home screen.