"Could have happened to anyone," Omega insists. She picks up on that slight shift, but it doesn't seem her place to ask. Perhaps Nanachi's been through some things too. It seems true of most people Omega's met here.

She follows the other's gaze out towards the sea. "I like coming out here. The ocean's so different experiencing it this way," she says as she looks down at the lapping waves again. With Nanachi saying they'll keep watch, the girl steps back into the incoming surf, watching what the sea reveals as it pulls back at the sands in its retreat. "The world I lived on is completely covered by an ocean. Most of what I saw of the water was from beneath it."