The boat is closer, but she strongly suspects that if she tries to haul them up there, either the boat will capsize, the parents will panic, or some unhappy combination of both. So she's pulling back towards shore, following Skellig's connection like the beam from a lighthouse.
(It's more real than anything else around here)
The mother's invictive follows her back to shore, and she doesn't have the energy to try and block it. Wearily she slaps a hand on the end of the pier, gripping hard, and eyes the boy held in the crook of her other arm.
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Date: 2012-03-01 05:54 am (UTC)(It's more real than anything else around here)
The mother's invictive follows her back to shore, and she doesn't have the energy to try and block it. Wearily she slaps a hand on the end of the pier, gripping hard, and eyes the boy held in the crook of her other arm.
The things she does for lobster.