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I glanced at him speculatively, "Only if you tell me what causes you to be ly he nodded and I felt like we'd just e step forward as a couple I helped hiout to the beach and after Colt had thrown a boatload of coconuts on board he shoved the boat into the surf

It was hard going for a while, but we eventually ot his attention

"Did I ever tell you that I hate the taste of coconut in all of its for Sourly I tossed the coconut back onto the pile and stared out at the sea ht and said, "Head that way"

"Why?" Colt asked curiously

I looked at hiain in the direction I had indicated He dutifully turned the dugout to line up with the course I had given

"You think there's land out there?" He asked skeptically

"I know there is"

"How?" He asked puzzled

"I feel it"

He gave me an odd look, but I didn't elaborate any further I'd never been so sure of an instinctive guess as I was right now

I was sick of coconuts Fortunately our ti to an end

The beach before us was croith people My ancestral people and yet they weren't I looked like them, but that was about where the si tio and yet it was as if I'd stepped into out andand appeared happy to see us Old memories assailed uage they spoke other than a few changes was the sarown up with and I conversed fluently with the headman, who turned out to be the chief of the whole island The heads and I could tell that Colt was growing anxious to knohat I did

Finally conversation was at an agreeable halt and I turned to Colt He was looking around with a wry expression, but when my point of focus shifted to him his eyes swiveled to mine and he asked, "Just tell me we're not for dinner"

My smile widened, "No we are not, but we are invited to a special feast in our honor They don't get e and they are ive us a place to stay Coe of the island He says that there are no dinosaurs on the island" I gestured to the di the distant horizon, "That one however is another story"