Sea Lion Shores when the shadow comes to take me away

She would fail here. If she could not get up then they would be apart forever and her soul, her heart, would think she had been abandoned. Please. She couldn’t bear it.

Someone called but she did not know who for. It was not the voice she sought.

It did press her to try to find her feet again, but this time she barely shifted before reality faded out once more, replaced with the momentary silence. This time the ocean was quieter and slower to return. Fear elicited a low whimper in her throat. If she lost the waves she would never find her way.