Mist dusted the glassy surface of the water.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavNP4aOvnc
Dawn, placid and cool with early spring,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmucvzHN6KZ
the boy dipped the top of his head into the air.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLq7Rw9CAPs
Gaze dark as jet scanned the shoreline776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRODF6tb2Z
where homes sprouted moss beyond the sandy ribbon of beach.
A gull chopped a warbled caw,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUFtJ3xZbLA
Dipped then spun onto the brine.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN3dGFhX8u
The seals had left him, preferring the safety of the jagged stones.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuk7lS8B2x3
Cagily as a crab at low tide, he paddled with pale arms776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnON46zgUs1
towards the land.
The boy had once had a human name776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCifeUpH3i
one his tongue had never learned to say776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyilebVKvI
but that his mother had never forgotten.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMpzM6ntbh
The seals had called him their own776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwH7vrk2Cw
as long as he could remember.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3twMRm4WHy
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All was silent, as it hadn’t been in months.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMsWJlzD9F
Not since the giant, creaking monsters like iron land whales776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD20sQZCLXZ
could be spotted amid a garden of smoke and noise.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HK8oG1X1W
Noise that filled his lungs like salt,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCGtIi4Fea
the boy was terrified by the chaos and yet drawn to it776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDRIutYBgL
as his humanity drove him towards the danger.
The seals did not argue. Nor did the gulls.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZYHF3SCD7
Fourteen years were enough to teach him what they could776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HR2Mf3YSN
and now it was his choice to make.
Naked with wrinkled toes and fingers,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGXZ7hqIVTK
Cold dripping from his black curls,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAQDXaM1Wv
the boy made landfall and crawled onto the shore.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MiNfaz49H
Legs like a newborn lamb, he stumbled up towards the village.
There was a white washed cottage with a row of sea roses,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAyUMvnemE
frothy smoke trailing up from the chimney in the thatch roof.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEv8ozdk99
The boy paused at an eruption of voices within.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLT7Ww87LCT
He hid and watched.
A man with tall, shining boots of black776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCREscdvOxc
buttons like bright shells down his barreled chest776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJPbxTkFTJ
Gripped the arm of an old man,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhFXznsxJS
bent and craggy as rocks pockmarked by barnacles776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RNgFVcddR
slathered in seaweed.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZVuP8sW6KB
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On the old man’s chest, a strange symbol,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLZJ7ZHShc
a starfish in tide pools but bright yellow.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡksAEA3KGsT
Cut roughly and sewn onto his sweater776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZx07wGa9Wj
like the brands the boy had watched farmers give their cattle776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6KtGLTPz7
on fields lining the grey ocean.
The boy had seen before what the man in his boots and buttons held.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmqAXZC9NL
When the noise had begun on the shores,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkFFmmISNK
he had seen them used before on other men776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HQjyDfr3N
a horrible bang and so much gore,776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoaF29dPty
leaving drifting tendrils of smoky red in the water.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHREeOXkUe
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A sharp pop, like when the strong waves find a crevice in the rocks776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPY4MhwFKG
and the old man goes still on the soggy ground.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXDUK84FAy
The boy watches silently as the other man walks away without another look.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMdq1UcEJM
The old man stirs, a ragged breath that pains the boy to hear.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXoIBxw4YZ
He edges up towards the cottage776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H5U4RtQlY
crimson soaking between the cracks in the rock walkway.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8s8hdsLNmo
The boys leaves bare footprints in blood that isn’t his own.
Crouching by the man, he grips his hand till it goes limp.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPO8ffXaoE9
The boy doesn’t know why he needed to do it.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4jPklYYLz
His couldn’t imagine not.776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnfB3qwbSk
One last look at the ruin of the world776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyALvK9PDxP
and the boy makes his choice.
He rips the cloth star from the man’s sweater776Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmFQITUeB7
and returns to the sea.
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