The ferry comes to a stop, jostling you back to awareness of your surroundings. You see the gang sitting on the railing by the general store, leaning to see if you're there.
"Look! There! For real this time!" you hear Diego shout so loudly that he scares the birds off the roof of the store, and they jump down and hurry to the dock to meet you.
"Finally," Addy says in mock exasperation. "We thought you'd be on the previous ferry, we've been here forever. If you hadn't been on this one, I would've gone home."
"They're full of it, Addy was prepared to wait here with us for hours," Anuja says. "We even brought lunch just in case."
"We wanted to surprise you," Diego explains. "Surprise!"