Totoka River in the evening everybody went to worship and weep

Sheesh, Kai! he'd bit over his shoulder as his brother's words faded to the distance between them.

Dinah had had a head start on him, and boy, was she quick! Gangly legs taking them both over the sandbridge connecting shore to shore. The water didn't come for them as it had before, when they had found John.

When he finally caught up, he found her by the river, a firebrand curled up among the early autumn leaves.

Dee? he said, and shuffled forward, legs tucked and belly brushing along the ground. He had questions for her, a great multitude that would have come spilling, if he hadn't heard her sobs. Instead, all that surfaced was a wha- before he shut himself up and chose to break the stillness with only a soft touch of his nose against her shoulder.

I love you. It's okay. I'll be here when you're ready.