Vast seas of blue that stretched beyond what one's eyes could see. Yes, even if Tom stood on his tiptoes at the edge of the rocky cliffs, the very tip of the island, and tried to look at how far the waves would take him if he took his wooden raft and go on an adventure—he would end up going farther than what he himself would have prepared for.
He hadn't fought enough Coconut Monkeys to have enough fruit to take on such a long adventure that could possibly go on for days.
Possibly even months.
In the end, the young boy would be found by his mother and dragged back to their village. Neither of them would catch the individual staring up from beyond the sharp rocky slopes underneath the cliff, and neither did they catch the splash of water and the strong flick of a green tail as the Mermaid plunged back into the cool waters below.
Odele could have been said to be the Queen of the Oceans.
… She had the Class for it.
