Mist dusted the glassy surface of the water.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKx7yaLLf1y
Dawn, placid and cool with early spring,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vYgBN3jmY
the boy dipped the top of his head into the air.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQUBryBok9F
Gaze dark as jet scanned the shoreline725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpbQ0XxDfA
where homes sprouted moss beyond the sandy ribbon of beach.
A gull chopped a warbled caw,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQ5unpcI3l
Dipped then spun onto the brine.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMo1qbyWoiY
The seals had left him, preferring the safety of the jagged stones.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZhpSzcV5v
Cagily as a crab at low tide, he paddled with pale arms725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWbcjUw071
towards the land.
The boy had once had a human name725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoiWJ37qoj
one his tongue had never learned to say725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmZa7CdduR
but that his mother had never forgotten.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRNcCDpwk9
The seals had called him their own725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX8P9cAHXJ
as long as he could remember.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BvWf6B2w2
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All was silent, as it hadn’t been in months.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aEawNjIWZ
Not since the giant, creaking monsters like iron land whales725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6fneE2q3Z
could be spotted amid a garden of smoke and noise.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5EVz2OgGio
Noise that filled his lungs like salt,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjlvPxfXAH
the boy was terrified by the chaos and yet drawn to it725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatJaeWayGU
as his humanity drove him towards the danger.
The seals did not argue. Nor did the gulls.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9f3hCIiaeQ
Fourteen years were enough to teach him what they could725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeFzAS6hmN
and now it was his choice to make.
Naked with wrinkled toes and fingers,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TTwbepjqA
Cold dripping from his black curls,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWUSCA7VZ3
the boy made landfall and crawled onto the shore.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtWk7Hjyra
Legs like a newborn lamb, he stumbled up towards the village.
There was a white washed cottage with a row of sea roses,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4EvPKWGmd
frothy smoke trailing up from the chimney in the thatch roof.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsaXCRFv08
The boy paused at an eruption of voices within.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTkUAGLfgG
He hid and watched.
A man with tall, shining boots of black725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9eZB5rI39
buttons like bright shells down his barreled chest725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiqqlmSLWG
Gripped the arm of an old man,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWBoiMving
bent and craggy as rocks pockmarked by barnacles725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB4sNdQApEs
slathered in seaweed.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyMhbSYtOU
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On the old man’s chest, a strange symbol,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8btZaT212
a starfish in tide pools but bright yellow.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡav7GqYz1sw
Cut roughly and sewn onto his sweater725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUvUMtVDIf
like the brands the boy had watched farmers give their cattle725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzw3OxslB9P
on fields lining the grey ocean.
The boy had seen before what the man in his boots and buttons held.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JAWNfeSha
When the noise had begun on the shores,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BWEV0MoEZ
he had seen them used before on other men725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOfFXTKGfY
a horrible bang and so much gore,725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MGpbtfmpH
leaving drifting tendrils of smoky red in the water.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqr660SLNy
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A sharp pop, like when the strong waves find a crevice in the rocks725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAX1Gn5eHe
and the old man goes still on the soggy ground.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsaQ37obg1F
The boy watches silently as the other man walks away without another look.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk4nmnFT7v
The old man stirs, a ragged breath that pains the boy to hear.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHa6hphR4b
He edges up towards the cottage725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡestbcdsTYs
crimson soaking between the cracks in the rock walkway.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UaW6xhDI9
The boys leaves bare footprints in blood that isn’t his own.
Crouching by the man, he grips his hand till it goes limp.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3FzOnaVA1
The boy doesn’t know why he needed to do it.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡufHmzSLIct
His couldn’t imagine not.725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1WGEqoGB5
One last look at the ruin of the world725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvYEr7UZQq
and the boy makes his choice.
He rips the cloth star from the man’s sweater725Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIX2ECQ2KP
and returns to the sea.
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