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Though Raine was still clearly unsettled by the Gulf, staying on the beach near the marina wasn’t too bad, even if she felt the need to retreat whenever the waves threatened to cascade over her feet. As long as she stayed on the shore she was safe, she had to keep reassuring herself. Turning away for a bit to look at the stalls lining the road and the crowds of people enjoying the summer air would allow her to relax for a moment.
“Have you collected much yet, Mipha? Since it is summer it seems that everyone is eager to pick up a souvenir at the beach, but I’ve managed to gather some impressive samples to study.”
She carefully dropped her basket to the sand to show the other. Her collection contained a number of colorful oyster and clam shells, as well as some glass tubes she had brought containing sand. Undoubtedly she would have more luck with glass going across the waters to the City of Glass, but the professor still couldn’t find it in herself to feel comfortable traveling across the Gulf.