Gilded Bay Parental guidance

While her siblings played, Angel Oak stared out into the sea. It went on for forever! She'd thought that the Outside was big enough already, but here was something even bigger. It was so strange that only a few weeks ago, her father was the largest thing she'd ever seen. Now she'd conceptualized the Den as a place — and a relatively small one! — rather than a state of being.

It was a lot of mental growth to fit into one small body.

She turned back to her mother and father.

"Mama — wha's out there?" she asked, politely, pointing to the sea.