Dancing Tides (112 page)

“
I
n a
w
a
y
,
I
g
u
e
ss, but t
h
e
g
o
-
to g
u
y
in to
w
n is sti
l
l
B
ra
n,
f
o
r
no
w
,
a
n
y
w
a
y
.
D
id
y
ou know
h
e’
s thinking
o
f
re
t
i
r
ing
a
t the
e
nd of
the
y
ea
r
?
W
hi
c
h m
ea
ns
I
n
e
e
d
t
o
ra
mp up
m
y
eff
o
r
ts to
f
ind a
f
ull
-
time
v
e
t
f
or
the
ce
nt
er
.
”

“
W
h
y
don
’
t
y
ou do it
?
”

He
r
b
r
ow
c
r
ea
s
e
d
a
g
a
in.
“
B
e
cau
s
e
I
’
d
h
a
ve
to
g
e
t
into a
v
e
t s
c
hool, g
e
t
c
e
r
ti
f
i
e
d—
a
nd int
er
n—th
a
t
’
s
a
noth
e
r
th
r
e
e
y
e
ar
s
a
t l
e
a
st.”

“
B
ut
y
ou o
w
n this pl
a
c
e
,
w
h
y
not int
er
n
h
ere
?
”

“
I
—hmm.
T
h
a
t
’
s
a
n id
ea
.”
She
h
a
d the
und
er
g
ra
d
biolo
g
y
d
e
g
r
ee
, didn
’
t s
h
e
?
She
h
a
d the
e
x
p
er
i
e
n
c
e
w
o
r
king
w
ith m
a
mm
a
ls.
O
f
c
ou
r
se
t
h
e
r
e
wa
s t
ha
t little
m
a
tt
e
r
of
not h
a
ving
b
e
e
n to v
e
t
er
in
a
r
y
s
c
hool
y
e
t.
“
I
’
d h
a
ve
to stu
d
y
to t
a
k
e
the
V
C
AT
,”
she
st
a
t
e
d.
“
N
o, it
’
s a
cra
z
y
id
ea
.
”

“
I
t
’
s not.
L
e
t B
ra
n
f
ind h
i
s o
w
n
re
pl
a
c
e
m
e
nt.
A
s
f
o
r
the
ce
nt
e
r
,
y
ou
’
r
e
a
n
a
tu
ra
l to
f
ollow in
y
our
g
r
a
nd
f
a
th
er’
s
f
o
o
tst
e
ps
r
i
g
ht h
e
r
e
.
E
v
e
n
I
c
a
n s
e
e
th
a
t.
H
e
wa
s
n
’
t just the
o
w
n
e
r
of
this pl
ace
,
K
e
e
g
a
n.
T
h
e
we
b
s
ite
m
e
ntion
e
d he
wa
s a
v
e
t.
I
r
e
a
d his bio, the
histo
r
y
o
f
the
c
e
nt
er
.
Y
ou
’
ve
b
e
e
n
w
ithout a
v
e
t
f
or
a
lmost
f
i
f
t
ee
n mon
t
hs no
w
.
Y
ou
’r
e
on
l
y
t
we
n
t
y
-
si
x
.
I
t m
a
k
e
s s
e
nse
f
or
y
ou to
g
o th
a
t
r
out
e
.
I
f
it
’
s
w
h
a
t
y
ou
wa
nt…it isn
’
t too l
a
t
e
.”

W
a
s th
a
t
w
h
a
t she
wa
nt
e
d
?
W
h
y
h
a
dn
’
t s
h
e
c
ons
i
d
ere
d th
a
t b
e
f
o
r
e
n
o
w
?

W
a
t
c
hing
the
int
e
r
e
st
f
li
c
k
e
r
in h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
nd
h
a
n
g th
ere
, he
w
en
t on,
“Y
ou
a
l
rea
d
y
h
a
ve the
d
e
g
r
e
e
s,
K
ee
g
a
n.
Y
o
u
’
ll
f
i
g
u
r
e
the
r
e
st out.”

She
pull
e
d o
f
f
the
g
lov
e
s
a
nd
ra
n h
e
r
f
i
n
g
e
r
s
a
lo
n
g
the
side
o
f
his
fa
c
e
.
“
Y
ou know
w
h
a
t
?
”

“
W
h
a
t
?
”

“
I
’
m so
g
l
a
d
y
ou didn
’
t
d
ie
w
h
e
n
y
ou jump
e
d into the
wa
t
er
.
”