Swiftcurrent Creek Now you know I'm paper-thin

He shook his head. "No need to be sorry. I knew what she wanted from the get go. I just chose to ignore it. Hoping that perhaps if she saw that I was persistent she'd change her mind, but it backfired. I assure you. Those babies will be more than loved. So I'm okay with that."

Arric felt that Lestan would return. When he wasn't sure, but he thought he may. Lestan was difficult to read, but he seemed to care a lot about Reverie.

He furrowed his brow in thought. "Sandy. The dirt that is there, is fine and soft. You sink into it even when it's dry. But it doesn't pull you under. It's a bit like shifting dirt. Deep in the bottoms of the sand is cooler area. The sea itself is strong and surging. The air tastes like salt and it smells like fish. Lots of fish. And it's long as the eye can see. I don't know where it ends."