Dancing Tides (152 page)

“N
ot
y
e
t.
N
ot until
w
e
t
r
a
nspo
r
t him to the
ce
nt
er
.
A
m
a
z
ing
c
r
ea
tu
r
e
s,
a
r
e
n
’
t th
e
y
?
”

“T
he
f
lipp
er
s
ar
e
h
u
g
e
,
a
nd look, no
c
l
aw
s. S
e
e
h
ow
h
ar
d his sh
e
ll is
a
nd thi
c
k, this must be
his l
a
y
e
r
of
fa
t.
T
h
e
y
must use
th
a
t
f
or
insul
a
tion in the
c
old
wa
t
er
.
”

“
P
erce
ptiv
e
.
J
ust one
r
ea
son th
e
y
ca
n
a
d
a
pt to living
in
e
ith
e
r
t
h
e
wa
t
e
r
s of
the
Arc
tic
or the
South P
ac
i
f
i
c
.”

“A
nd th
e
y
’
r
e
e
n
d
a
n
g
e
r
e
d
?
”

“T
h
e
y
a
re
,
e
v
e
r
y
y
e
a
r
fe
we
r
a
nd
fe
w
e
r
show
b
a
c
k
up to n
e
st on the
b
eac
h
e
s,
a
lthou
g
h l
a
t
e
l
y
, th
e
y
ar
e
m
a
king a
c
om
ebac
k
o
f
so
r
ts
a
lo
n
g the
A
tl
a
ntic
s
ea
bo
a
r
d,
a
n
d t
h
e
t
r
o
p
i
ca
l
wa
t
e
r
s of
the
C
ar
ibb
ea
n.
B
ut
e
v
e
r
y
time
w
e
hum
a
ns t
a
k
e
ov
e
r
a
b
e
ac
h,
d
e
v
e
lop
a
n
oth
e
r
re
so
r
t or subdivision,
we’r
e
push
i
ng
out the
w
ildli
f
e
th
a
t
u
s
e
d it b
ef
o
r
e
w
e
did
f
or
t
h
e
ir
n
a
tu
ra
l
h
a
bit
a
ts.”

Co
r
d shook his h
ea
d.
“
I
s
th
er
e
a
n
y
thi
n
g
y
ou don
’
t
kno
w
?
”

She
g
r
in
n
e
d.
“Y
ou know
w
h
a
t, Co
r
d?
I
’
m
b
e
g
inning
to think
y
ou must be
e
a
si
l
y imp
re
ss
e
d.”

“Yea
h?
A
nd
I
think
y
ou
’
r
e
in
c
r
e
dibl
e
.
W
h
a
t do
w
e
n
a
me
him
?
”

She
g
r
in
n
e
d.
“Y
ou pi
c
k
.
”

“H
e
looks like
a
Ha
g
g
er
t
y
.
”

“H
a
g
g
e
r
t
y
?
”

“H
e
looks b
e
l
ea
g
u
e
r
e
d
a
nd h
a
gg
ar
d.
H
e’
s b
e
e
n s
u
ffer
i
n
g
som
e
.
”

She
op
e
n
e
d h
e
r
mouth
f
or
a
n
a
c
er
bic
c
om
e
b
a
c
k,
b
ut it
ca
u
g
ht in h
e
r
t
h
r
o
a
t.
She
took in the
line
on his
f
o
re
h
e
a
d,
d
ec
id
e
d it
wa
s
r
ar
e
to
f
ind a
m
a
n
w
ho
c
are
d th
a
t
mu
c
h
a
bout n
a
ming a tu
r
tl
e
. So she
b
rea
th
e
d in
the
ni
g
ht
a
ir
a
nd s
a
id,
“
H
a
gg
er
t
y
it is th
e
n.”

O
n
c
e
th
e
y
g
ot b
a
c
k to Smug
g
l
e
r
’
s B
a
y
,
K
ee
g
a
n
moto
re
d the
M
oonlight
M
ile
into position
w
h
er
e
th
e
y
w
o
r
k
e
d on
s
e
c
u
r
ing
t
h
e
lin
e
s.

B
ra
n Sulliv
a
n
g
r
e
e
t
e
d th
e
m on the
do
c
k. Co
r
d noti
ce
d B
ra
n s
e
e
m
e
d to kn
o
w
e
x
ac
t
l
y
w
h
a
t to
e
x
p
ec
t,
a
lmost
a
s if
the
t
w
o of
th
e
m,
Ke
e
g
a
n
a
n
d
B
ra
n,
h
a
d done
this m
a
n
y
tim
e
s b
ef
o
re
.