Some people like to splash and play
Can you imagine that?
And take a seaside holiday
Can you imagine that?
Too much glee lives rings around the brain
Take that joy and send it down the drain
Some people like to laugh at life
And giggle through the day
They think the world's a brand new shiny toy
And if while dreaming in the clouds
They fall and go kersplatt
Although they're down and bent in half
They brush right off and start to laugh
Can you imagine that?~
Can You Imagine That - Disney's Mary Poppins Returns
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They take the Highwind out at sunrise on the fourth day of the migration. The whole team is ready to get back out to the ocean for what Remus calls 'the meet and greet'. But first they're going to have Axel meet them just outside the bay on the ocean side of the man-made sandbar.
The sandbar keeps them from getting their big boat into the sanctuary and for good reason. Keeps poachers out and the merfolk safe. But a nice little dingy can get over without too much trouble. The one they're taking is one Kairi made with her dad when she was ten. She named it Tiny Bronco in honor of its paint job.
Sora wonders why they don't do the meet and greet on the beach. It's gotta be less work than taking the boat out, driving around the island to the sanctuary, and taking a dingy over the sandbar. Remus explains the mer don't like meeting humans on the land. It makes them feel vulnerable and strains relations. A little extra work meeting them in a boat is a show of good faith. Humans out of their element in the water where the mer are more comfortable.
Hard to argue with that.
Kairi talks the whole way about her prospective paper. It's going to be on the biology of the Aicayas bodies and their bio-luminescent pulses. The chemical breakdown and such. It's all very technical; she keeps reminding them that even if she explained it in layman's terms, they'd still probably be lost. They believe her.
Riku's set to continue his ongoing research into Aquan language with the help of the Marakihaus. He already has a strong rapport with a couple of them from last year and it looks like they made it again this year. Perfect for adding to his translation programs and making communication that much easier for everyone involved. He's even brought his waterproof recording equipment for the meet and greet.
Sora is busy looking through his binoculars for the flash of three colors in the water. He doesn't see it. Not even at the far float. Must be resting in one of the underwater caves. Or hunting. Damn.
♈Incoming!♈Remus announces and seconds later the Highwind shakes a little as Axel climbs up the ladder.
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