[The sea has always made You Watanabe's heart feel at ease. The constant crashing of waves has been the background music for her whole life, growing up just steps from the shoreline; the salty sea air makes her feel invigorated.
Flona isn't her sea, she knows. It's not Uchiura, with its tiny islands and cliffs she knows so well. It makes her heart hurt a little. But in the aftermath of the chaos, You feels like she needed to recharge in the one place she knows will alleviate the burdens on her heart, if only for a short period of time.
It's a cold day, even if it's getting warmer as spring rolls in, and the gray skies reflect down on the water. Not even she really thinks about swimming when the ocean is almost certain to be freezing. But some people are going swimming! It's crazy, but she sees a figure out in the water, a young man by the looks of it.
He goes under and... doesn't come up. You's eyes suddenly zero in on the choppy surface of the water, because suddenly, this is serious. She looks to the left and the right-- maybe he'd started drifting one way or the other?-- but sees nothing. There's no time to go get help.
Instantly, You kicks off her shoes and socks and pulls off her wool sweater. There's a boy in trouble, and she's dashing into the ocean to save them--!
the sea
Flona isn't her sea, she knows. It's not Uchiura, with its tiny islands and cliffs she knows so well. It makes her heart hurt a little. But in the aftermath of the chaos, You feels like she needed to recharge in the one place she knows will alleviate the burdens on her heart, if only for a short period of time.
It's a cold day, even if it's getting warmer as spring rolls in, and the gray skies reflect down on the water. Not even she really thinks about swimming when the ocean is almost certain to be freezing. But some people are going swimming! It's crazy, but she sees a figure out in the water, a young man by the looks of it.
He goes under and... doesn't come up. You's eyes suddenly zero in on the choppy surface of the water, because suddenly, this is serious. She looks to the left and the right-- maybe he'd started drifting one way or the other?-- but sees nothing. There's no time to go get help.
Instantly, You kicks off her shoes and socks and pulls off her wool sweater. There's a boy in trouble, and she's dashing into the ocean to save them--!
It's really cold.]