Oh, they were happy to go first, to begin towards that beautiful blue. It was all they could do not to run.
But if they weren't going to run, they had to move slowly, eyes caught by the dance of the waves. "Is it always like that?" they asked, watching the ocean. "I mean, I heard it was blue, but I didn't know it was BLUE."
It wasn't really a dodge of her question. It might have been considered so if they had had any thought in their head other than the ocean itself, but they didn't. It was entrancing. "I don't think I've ever seen so much water in one place. It doesn't even seem real." But then it did occur to them that there was another person here, and it was Miss Valair the Disappeared and she had asked... something.
They tore their gaze away and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, sorry! What was your question?"
But if they weren't going to run, they had to move slowly, eyes caught by the dance of the waves. "Is it always like that?" they asked, watching the ocean. "I mean, I heard it was blue, but I didn't know it was BLUE."
It wasn't really a dodge of her question. It might have been considered so if they had had any thought in their head other than the ocean itself, but they didn't. It was entrancing. "I don't think I've ever seen so much water in one place. It doesn't even seem real." But then it did occur to them that there was another person here, and it was Miss Valair the Disappeared and she had asked... something.
They tore their gaze away and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, sorry! What was your question?"
