It was sometimes since Mia was gone underwater. Lin and the rest of the waited eagerly for her to resurface. Roe and Xie kept exchanging strange looks while they waited. Lin had his fists clenched. Boshu circled the horizon once and then around Lin once. After what seemed like quite a long time, Mia swam back tot he shore. Lin rushed to help her out of the water. She sat leaning against Lin, facing the others.

"I tried taking to the creature. It is down there. But it refuses to take us all to the tree of knowledge. It said it can only take me there. However is does agree...