The statue

"See those ferns, pineapple bushes..."

"I love the sunset here, see how glowing everywhere is and the sand"Si jie sit on the ground playing like a kid, hope turn akimbo, taking some sand into her palm"Those tall palm trees are beautiful" Si jie and hope sleep on the sun gleam on them and the abundance of sand surrounded them,excited them.

"Wow the sand is rough on my skin" Hope half smiled "It's stinging"She chortle, Si jie turn to furrow her brow at hope.

" What's happening hope?" Si jie,belly knitted, her fear making her breath come out ragged.

She saw hope surrounded by circles of light like in trance hope stood up and came face to face with an old man in a white robe, bald head with a big smile on his face.

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Daisy raise her finger to lift the candle but it remained where it was, she palm her face, she's used to this trying out the techniques hope taught her.

She was a human, Albert was a human but from the first time they cradled hope their lives