Stavanger Bay l'ingénue

her fathers exultation caused the growing girl to smile. with him there, she felt safe, and the man that had joined them this day was kind. she knew nothing of deception, and so she did not fear at all as she bounded ahead of the duo, giggling at the feel of sand between her toes. she was delighted by the change of earth, but she knew she preferred the loamy earth to the grains she pranced through. even so, this place was also donnelaith, and the sea called to her heart in a different manner than the forest did. it was peaceful and slow today, and its hypnotic movements beckoned her ever-nearer. the babe paused upon noting a collection of shells and let out a little gasp, delighted by the shape of them. féach daidí! she lapsed into another tongue without thought, as at present, her mind worked and shifted between the three languages she knew, though was still learning, at its own volition.