Connor
Sapphire's so much better now, it's hard to believe that only a little while ago, she would cry herself to sleep and refused to eat.
If you look deep into her eyes you can still see the pain there but it's not such a raw wound anymore, it's not as close to the surface as it was.
Still, it upsets me that she got hurt at all.
At the beach, she runs across the sand after Sadie, laughing happily. I join Patrick in the water while Rainbow sits on the towels that we brought and takes photos of everything she sees: Sadie, Saph, me, Patrick, seagulls, the sea...
Across the beach I see Saph stop running and put her hand to her wrist where she still wears the bracelet that she and Faro wove from their hair. She sways slightly on her feet and looks out to the sea, in the direction that I saw Faro leave. Sadie, seeing that the game's over, goes to her side and nudges Saph's leg with her nose.
Even from where I am, I can see on my sister's face that Ingo is calling her.
I start to run towards her but she has already closed her eyes and lost herself in the enchanting song that the sea sings to her. She turns toward the sea and I see the worry etched on her face.
What could be wrong now?
Sapphire
I run across the sand after Sadie. I love being with her, her Earth presence brings all of the wonderful things that I love about Air to mind.
Just as she turns back to see why in the world I haven't caught up with her yet, I feel a distinct sense of wrongness. Something's wrong with Faro, I'm sure of it. I can hear Ingo calling to me, trying to alert me so that I can help him.
The debulk on my wrist itches and, as I put my hand over it, I sense that Faro has headed north-east. I look out over the sea in that direction and send out a call with my thoughts, even though I doubt he'll hear it.
Faro! Please be okay!
I close my eyes and know that I have to go to him. My feet touch the water and I smile, the familiarity of the situation was comforting. I walk into deeper water and prepare to dive into Ingo.
