Totoka River have faith in yourself.

no warmth in this world could strike the sudden chill seizing ava's heart. dying?

but as she pulled away to read of the emotion in heda's eyes, she knew there was no denying it. it was a truth she could not dispel.

tears welled in her eyes as she nodded, glancing towards the distant island that had -- for so long and so short a time -- been her home.

when heda crossed, she would swim alone.

ava watched from the shore as her mama's figure became smaller and smaller, feeling every part of her break and scatter like fuselage around her.