Shimmering Sands there is a rose within the sky

So taken by the ocean and the ebb of the waves, he did not notice the stranger, nor did he sense her company. The rush of the waters covered the fall of any sound beyond the sea, and a preoccupation with his thoughts drowned out the rest. Any scents were lost to the tang of brine spraying up from the crashing waves.

He had heard stories from his mother about the ocean, and the way it should be feared. After all, his father had died by the ocean's wrath, and the more time Kaito spent by the waters, the more he understood. Understood, but couldn't agree, and maybe that's what drew him out. He turned from the shore and took a shaking step into the tide. Water pulled above his ankles now, and when he looked down, to watch the flow, he wondered... what was it like for his parents, out there in the crashing waves?

He had no answers. He didn't think he would find them here. But this place - it made him wonder.