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Tolak had shared all of this with me of the history of these lands and I true to ist had listened in rapt detail to every word Noever my soul was filled with disquiet for ould take place within this hidden real Solomon once had

Tolak's people would not even fully heed his warning of building extra boats Oh they made the attempt at it, but their actions were one of slowness as they had no wish to leave their homes and brave the oceans of Undersea

"Samantha?" A little voice called out

I turned away from yesteryear's sorrows and called out, "Over here Sheatera"

The little girl scampered around a corner and then with a quizzical look asked, "Why you come visit the old ones so much?"

"Because history fascinates ether we headed back to the village down below the escarp Solomon in his vanity had this telory and deification

"You like bad history?" The little girl asked sounding perturbed

Laughing I said, "No, but the stories whether good or bad have a e to teach We can learn a lot about hoe should live in the present based off of what has occurred in the past Learning from our mistakes if you will"

The girl nodded and then changed subjects abruptly, "Did you hear the thunder booms earlier?"

I felt a line of worry crease across lanced at the inner reaches of the island "Yes, I did Thunder without any evidence of a stor my head as I tried to distill the worries evoked by such a conundruet back Your father will no doubt be wondering where we are"

Making our way through the village I had apprehension once again creep overabout their daily lives was strangely absent I picked up our pace at the sight of a gathered crowd upon the beach up ahead

Reaching the crowd I pushed asp, I beheld what everyone else already had All along the surf line of the beach bodies had washed ashore and even noith each neaveto shore The bodies were not those of uplanders They were the Sea People

Struggling to keep the contents ofbehind and made athered around the bodies deposited on the sands of the beach At Tolak's feet lay the body of a young girl with hair it seemed that went forever