Dawn slowly lit the horizon, but Marina's gaze was turned north: where the ocean faded into the distance, the water seeming to go on forever. Her children were fast asleep in the den, and high tide had hidden its entrance. She could have ducked into the water and found it through muscle memory by now.
Instead she was stretched out in the wet sands where the waves stretched out in a thin white film before receding. Her forelegs were crossed neatly in front of her. At her side sat the skull she'd taken from the beach.
There was something about it. Marina couldn't puzzle it out, so she kept the skull close. She'd even let the children play with it once or twice, but only a little. She didn't want their tiny teeth marks all over it just yet. Her gaze flitted occasionally to where it sat in the sand, as if to check that it was still there — but always she returned to watching the horizon.
She saw her son, Crosscurrent, doing the same often enough. But what did he see there? What went on behind those yellow eyes?
Instead she was stretched out in the wet sands where the waves stretched out in a thin white film before receding. Her forelegs were crossed neatly in front of her. At her side sat the skull she'd taken from the beach.
There was something about it. Marina couldn't puzzle it out, so she kept the skull close. She'd even let the children play with it once or twice, but only a little. She didn't want their tiny teeth marks all over it just yet. Her gaze flitted occasionally to where it sat in the sand, as if to check that it was still there — but always she returned to watching the horizon.
She saw her son, Crosscurrent, doing the same often enough. But what did he see there? What went on behind those yellow eyes?
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