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Dream.

There is a great sea. The sky is grey, the water green, and the seafoam is the flecked white of milk on the turn. The shore is stone and shingle, and the cliffs are bone-shades. Will you wake on the little fishing boat that rides the waves, wary of great beasts that lurk beneath the surface, or on the cold and stony shore? Or perhaps as some watery thing yourself, breathing in water as cold as ice and with a salt-iron taste like blood?

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[jaeresteade.livejournal.com]

Don’t know when I might have had cause to tell stories to a little girl, but it feels like I have before, and see seems to think I’m doing a fine job, the way she’s getting into it and playing along. “You’re almost right,” I tell her, keeping my voice light.

I’m trying to think of the best and most exciting way to tell the next part when I see her eyes go wide, and there’s a terrible splashing sound behind me. I scramble to my feet as I turn to look down the beach at the knot of people around the nets. They may have been fishing, but now something’s caught them. A great, coiling body, and a head, rising up out of the water, speaking.

I blink once, and then I’m backing away as fast as I can, feet scrabbling for purchase on the sharp stones. I reach out for CeeCee’s hand as I do. “Come on, sweetheart. We need to be not here.”

[celeste-excolo.livejournal.com]

“You’re almost right,”

Oh! It must be even better! I can't wa ..... wait. Something big is moving in the water where Daddy is!It swallows one of the ladies up just like I thought it would. He's probably teaching her a lesson so she doesn't try to catch one again. J gets up real quick and looks scared.

"Its a Sea Serpent!! See! I told you it likes to swallow people," I say, jumping up and down and clapping. Maybe the Serpent like'd J's story too!! And its talking. Ohhhh! this is so much FUN!

“Come on, sweetheart. We need to be not here.”

He grabs for my hand, but I hide mine behind my back shaking my head. "Its okay, my Daddy is there and it wants to play a riddle game! I'm good at those!" I turn and run as quickly as I can and call back to J," I'll be right back!" then I get up as close as I can and look up at the Serpent (http://community.livejournal.com/estdeus_innobis/405311.html?thread=10289215#t10289215).