Even though she tagged along with Morwenna and Agonythorn day after day along the vast sea's shore, Jasmine didn't go all timid and whiny. In fact, something pretty remarkable started taking place. It was like an impossible shift was happening. A whole new kind of happiness was welling up inside her, and she began to see things in the landscape that she had never noticed before.
This was the first time she had ever laid eyes on the sea, and it was a game-changer. She had never left that valley her whole life, so this was like a whole new world opening up to her.
Her heart would often swell with a deep sense of joy when she saw the sun casting its brilliance on the wings of those seagulls as they wheeled through the sky. Their feathers gleamed as white as the snow on the distant Abra Moun
