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could see were the deep burn marks on the wooden deck around
Tital’s feet.
“I feel...fine. I don’t remember...exactly what happen to me,
but now I feel fine, I’m okay,” Tital said as he again shook his
head, as if trying to clear it, while he still continued to look
around in space. Brilloso came up to him and put his head under
his free hand. “Don’t worry, Brilloso. I really feel okay.”
“Maybe you should still sit down for just a little while,”
Bardala said while she pulled on him just to sit with his back
propped up against the mast.
“I’m still worried about you. The color is back in your face,
but we need you strong to lead us. Viviana, get him some water
to drink, while I go back and steer this boat into the bay. We
need to get out of the way of this approaching storm.”
“One thing for sure, storms and boats are big trouble. The
rain will be here soon,” Lena said as she pointed to the western
clouds, where sheets of rain could be seen falling into the ocean
only a kilometer away.
While the sailboat raced to stay in front of the storm, it
became a slow-losing battle. Just as they entered the safety of
the breakwaters of a southeastern bay on Kaóc Island, the
downpour of rain started heavily falling on the sailboats. Both
Viviana and Jonathan used their special powers to form invisible
bubbles around everyone on board. Moka and Eegh would look
at the rain falling all around them in their separate, protective
cocoons and poke their fingers at the invisible web, pushing it out
of shape while chattering between themselves.
“Moka doesn’t understand why they are not getting wet. He
sees the rain all around him. He can’t believe he is staying dry
with all the water flying around. He told me he would like this