The monk pulled his hood off to read the list, exposing his head, with two white stripes. Before he climbed the stair, he heard a thump coming from above, then a groan. He stepped up the stairs, trying to avoid any creaking treads so he could maintain the advantage of surprise. He got up to leave. Mermaid’s cove was well behind them as Pisces swam in close to a large rock holding onto the seaweed clinging to the rock. Dad has made them my unofficial security and to be with me at all times.”
“Have they been with us all night?”
The two seals nodded and squealed in what seemed like laughter. With it being so late he didn’t have to worry about Captain Brown or his wife seeing him. At first, his breaststroke could barely keep her in sight, but he remembered how she swam, butterfly stroke style with her arms trailing behind her and kicking with her tail. She pointed for him to follow her and they followed a rocky base, then up a rock cliff, to
