- Isn't this what you wanted? - Jack sat next to me on the shore. I was lying face down too tired to move. The waves lapped around my ankles.
- How did you get here? - I groaned as I pushed myself up to turn on my back.
The sunshine warmed me, but it was too weak and I started to shake because of the cold. I lifted my hand to sweep off the wet sand from my face.
- Did you know that fear cannot be completely eliminated? - he asked me ignoring my totally valid and important question.
- If so, then what happened back there, on the riverbank? Why did she walk into the water if she was still afraid?
- Well, exactly that I guess. She chose to be a hero. Not because she had to, but because she wanted to.
I sighed and then I looked at him. I suddenly felt like laughing. With his bushy beard,
