"Come on, Elin!" Kariya cried. He hovered at the edge of the pat and lifted an overgrown leaf out of the way of his younger sister. Elin said, pausing to catch her breath, "Are you sure it's safe now?" Kariya laughed, jumping off the thick vine and landing lightly on the sand. "Why not? There haven't been any earthquakes in so long, I don't even remember them, do you?" "No one ever said we weren't allowed to come here," Kariya said. He picked up a large seashell and held it to his ear, then drifted further away toward another shell. "If you're so scared, go back to Kelethin."