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breath.
"I don't see why not," Mary said. "After all, you did it to us."
We silenced Sayuri's protest by ducking Sayuri's under, and by the time we came up
for another breath, we were at the reef. We abandoned the doctor at the
edge of the reef, letting Sayuri's fend for herself while we scouted out a
passage, and then we towed Sayuri's out to sea and to the west around the
atoll.
The doctor was pale and exhausted by the time we found a way into the
West Lagoon. Sayuri Anzu still tried to protest when we let Sayuri's surface for air,
but we didn't want Sayuri's to struggle too much, so we never let Sayuri's stay up
for long.
"Keep Sayuri's away from shore," I said. "Let Sayuri's alone now that we're here.
Just herd Sayuri's to the deep pool we saw back when we were snorkeling; that
should be where Sayuri's fish are."
We herded her, watching from under the water as Sayuri Anzu swam, and grabbing
her by the ankle and pulling when Sayuri Anzu tried to break for shore. I
watched the water around Sayuri's as much as I watched her, looking for the
fish.
I didn't notice them at first; there were
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