27The next morning, after a sleepless night, Cryssa left the house and headed for the lagoon. She didn't wake Grandpa Po and didn't eat breakfast; she had spent the night thinking about what she was going to say to Seek, and she wanted to say it while the words were fresh in her mind.
When she got to the beach, she saw some Kee in the middle of the lagoon, and she swam out to them. Though Seek wasn't with them, Cryssa's Kee brother, Leed, was there. Leed said that he had not seen Seek that morning, but he agreed to find him and send him to meet Cryssa at their favorite cove.
When Cryssa swam to the cove, however, Seek was already there.
"Good morning," he said as he glided up to her. He moved more slowly than usual, and Cryssa thought that he sounded nervous.
Cryssa felt nervous he
