Pio leaned over the side of the ship and watched the three sink below the surface and then come up. Child was sputtering just a bit, and it looked as if Rose was attempting to give her some of the fine points of swimming underwater. Child was a quick study, and soon they were off toward the tunnel mouth.
As she turned to head toward the helm deck, Pio noticed Khelek had come and was standing by the ship looking in the same direction as the trio had gone.
She caught his attention with a yell, and motioned him on board.
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Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.
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