After eleven phases of the moon, forty-four sleeps, the pod arrived at Winter Beach. As they approached the cove, they could see the super pod in front of them. The different colored tails dappled the Beach with various shades of blues, grays, blacks, greens, and browns. The vision from the front of the pod was much different than guarding the rear.
Shulke, the eldest of the Home Cove Alewars, blew the alarm for the last pod through his conch shell. Sartin’s pod wasn’t always the last to arrive, but the children had been a bit more difficult this Journey. Belzer and Sartin led the pod to the Beach, bringing a crowd behind them. After the guard ring, came the training circle, where the young males and Alewars learned how to hunt, fish, and guard. As the pod swam through the training, a low
