Ocean's Breath Plateau in between spaces

When they looked for her, they would not find her.

Marina had been there through much of the night. She'd been at Tullik's side, comforting her through the worst of it and all the while ignoring every sign from her body that told her something was wrong. She felt sluggish. Weak. Her own labor had begun as a whisper, and remained so for hours.

By the time the sun began to rise, she knew it had been too long. If she could not bring her children into the world soon they would die, and her with them. Marina had slipped from the lodge in silence. She'd gone to the water.

By the time she was found, the sun would be shining in full. In the shallow water at the shoreline Marina nestled her two living children atop her flank, where the sea could not touch them. A son (@Chagak) and a daughter (@Puffyn).

Three remained in the water.

Marina leaned back and closed her eyes, too exhausted even for her grief.