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Reef Walk
Wana
A common spiny sea-urchin known for hiding in cracks. Painful if stepped or sat on.
I was lucky it was low tide.
We could step straight from the sand right onto the first set of rocks that eventually led to Piko Point. I scanned ahead for puddles and splash zones and touched the ti leaf lei I wore inside my shirt, making sure it was there.
I tried to relax and breathe.
Maybe if I keep to the high spots, my feet won’t get wet.
Owen caught my hesitation.
“I thought you local boyz ran everywhere barefoot? You got tender tootsies, Zader?”
Forget it.
I get splashed, I get splashed.
I get wet, I get wet.
No water ever killed me.
Yet.
I c****d my head at him. “Just worried about your expensive slippahs, Mr. Haole Man.”
“Don’t call me that,” he warned.
A weakness
