Cerulean Cape Sailor's Melody

Louis looked over his shoulder at the cresting waves when reminded of their proximity, then back to Val with a resumed wag of the tail. "I know. I just wondered if the sea might be here, too," Louis answered mildly.

He glanced to his hole, again. "No, I'm from up North." He found it a little hard to believe you could drown in sand, when it was so easy to dig, and the warning was offered so dryly he wondered if it might be a joke. He knew it collapsed closer to the water, but he'd sort of imagined if you got buried you'd be like the crabs and worms that spit bubbles up between waves. Just... bigger bubbles. Maybe that was silly. "I'd never seen the ocean before a few days ago. What about you?"

Louis took a couple more steps toward Val, nose forward.