Blackwater Islands surreal

coraline shadowed her siblings, listening intently to what few words she could make out from the dark stranger. she spoke of summoning sobo here — and someone who was ready to go home.

mireille?

the dark girl led them across the island, and coraline saw that it was true. mireille was here, and alive. hot tears flooded coraline's seaglass eyes. she rushed forward to greet her, forgetting for a moment the mysterious otherworldly being who had brought them all here.

mireille, i thought... she trailed off, unable to voice her fears. they were not true. they would never be true. that was what mattered.