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bit. Kind of want some time to think, you know? By myself. I don’t have much time. Don’t want to keep you. So….”
    “Oh, I don’t mind.”
    Well, I do! She couldn’t summon the thing with him around.
    “I saw you yesterday.”
    “You what—where? Here ?” Did he see me jump? “What do you mean?” Her blood rushed with adrenaline, making her heart thump. Did he see the thing, too? Could he possibly be standing with such a straight face if he had? “You saw me?”
    She watched him closely for a telling reaction. If he’d seen it, too, maybe he came back to find it again. Maybe he could help her find it.
    “With your three friends. You seemed riled.”
    That didn’t answer anything. “What was I doing? When you saw me…us.” Did his odd expression mean anything?
    “You were playing the tourist, right? And—”
    And what ? Could she just straight out ask him? Did he see a glowing, flying being swoop her out of the air? “Did you see anything unusual?”
    “I did.”
    What did you see ? her brain screamed but she kept her face as neutral as possible. “Like?”
    Their noses almost touched when he bent down close to her. He smelled like old booze. She backed up, but he spoke so quietly, she had to lean in again to hear.
    “I believe you leapt.”
    “So you saw what happened!” she blurted out, no longer careful. “You saw it ?”
    “What were you thinking?”
    “Never mind that. What about what happened after I jumped?”
    “After? When you ran screaming for your friends?”
    “No, after I jumped, before I went screaming. Did you see it?” Why won’t he just say it? “The thing. ”
    “The thing. Hmm. You mean the updraft that knocked you down? Your stumble backwards?”
    “I did not stumble backwards.”
    “I was at a great distance. Hard to see clearly, really.”
    “So you didn’t see it?” Chloe had so wanted him to say he’d seen it, too. Obviously, he’d missed it. Or wasn’t able to see it. Maybe it was only visible to her. “Never mind.” He needed to go away. How could she find it when he was around and he couldn’t even see it? Maybe it would never come as long as she wasn’t alone.
    After a deep chuckle, he leaned in closely again, bringing the sour smell with him. “Ah, do you mean the glowing being that actually flew through the sky?”
    “Yes!” she screamed. His smell didn’t matter anymore. “Yes, then you did see it!” She grabbed his massive arms and jumped up and down. “Wasn’t it beautiful?”
    “You thought so?” His smile spread wide.
    Was he mocking her? She stopped jumping, feeling a little ridiculous to react so intensely when he stood like marble. Embarrassed, she let go of him. “Well, yeah. Didn’t you think so?”
    “I’m just curious about your impression. You really thought he was beautiful?”
    “Are you kidding? The most beautiful thing I’ve every seen!”
    “Truly?”
    “Didn’t you think so? I mean, it was incredible. ”
    His perfect teeth glowed white next to his dark skin. Maybe he wasn’t making fun of her.
    “I had to come back and find it.”
    “It seems to have captured your fancy,” he said.
    “That’s why you’re here, too, isn’t it?” Her heart was flopping with the thought someone could confirm for her what she’d seen.
    “Jumping again is not a wise idea,” he said.
    “Oh, I wasn’t…well, you’re right.” Chloe felt stupid that he’d figured out her plan. And when he said it, it sounded pretty lame. She sat in the grass, facing toward the open sea. “I guess we’ll just have to wait.” The breeze picked up her hair and tossed her curls in her face. She hadn’t taken time to straighten it and the humidity was kinking it up.
    He sat down, too. They watched the sky for a while. Then he said, “Are you thirsty?”
    “Nah.” The thing was sent to me as a sign.
    “Of course you are. When was the last time you had refreshment?”
    “Don’t know.  I’m fine.” It means Todd still wants