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He wasn’t sure what compelled him to look out the window. He’d been excited for the chance at real sleep, and when the rain started, at first just a quiet caress of sprinkles, he’d shut down what he was working on to do just that.
The sea fog pushed in by the storm cast an opaque film across his visibility of the beach and the churning water beyond. He hadn’t expected to see anything. What would be out in the storm to look at? He’d even pulled back perimeter security, he was so confident that nothing could survive the weather.
Only because of Sabik’s bright red robe did he notice them at the shoreline. At first, he assumed the Rishi was there by himself, engaging some inexplicable Rishi thing. But when Dee’s dark hair emerged through a cresting wave, he cursed. This was not what he
