前传2-Outside 视线以外(6)
I walked while Xhianei skipped alongside our guardian up to the dock. Having paid ahead we were allowed to continue past some of the others still standing in line. We found some seats in the back of the boat and huddled together, looking out to the other islands and the channels between.
"This trip shouldn't take too long," Parana reassured. "We couldn't have asked for a better night, so it should only take about fifteen minutes."
We set off only a couple minutes later. My sister and I looked back to whence we came-- all the little houses and shacks and drying racks, the docks and bridges, and the trees and crags just beyond them. The long, puffy clouds broke way for the moon and stars above while the ocean below both connected and disconnected the islands we called home. I'd only ever seen those sights in some of the books and photos back at home, but seeing it for myself? Even with much of the color gone, bathed in the pale moonlight, I was at a loss for words.