- Can a beach be called a beach if there's no sand? - Caroline said walking to the car park.
- Yes. - Tom said, without expanding.
- But like, how?
- Well, - Tom put his backpack in the boot of the car, - rock beaches exist. Well, sand is just a lot of very tiny rocks, so beaches can definitely exist without sand.
- What defines a beach, though?
- a pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high and low watermarks. - Emily was walking up to the car, she took off her sunglasses, - coincidently I was looking that up yesterday. Don't ask how or why, coincidences happen. Where's Lola?
- She should be here soon enough. Couldn't we have left later? Is time really that important?
- Oh yes, - Tom said, - time is the most valuable thing on Earth. Happiness and love are close, but
