Coconut Grove [M] a half-destroyed grove

Jizaar was shocked by the woman’s reaction to his name—and in truth, had no idea what was so funny, since he’d never heard of whatever word she had just said. He watched her rolling on the ground while a myriad of emotions ran through him. First he was angry, affronted at the fact that someone was making fun of his name. He was still young, not even an adult yet. His eyes flashed; he wanted to sink his teeth into her stupid face for laughing at him that way. That fiery anger quickly left him, however, and his water-based personality came through in the end, this time in the form of apathy. His blue eyes deadened a bit as he continued to watch her; he was growing bored now.

He sat down where he was and looked out past the upright trees where they were and out to the ocean. How he longed to go out there and swim—but he knew how cold the water was and shuddered at the thought.