Ageless drifts towards the dinghy.
Louis-Claude spots him.
There's Ageless now, says Louis-Claude.
Hello, Ageless, says Rookai.
Ageless clambers aboard the dinghy.
Why are you here? asks Ageless.
I was always coming, says Roo-kai. But where are the others?
Still in Whyalla, says Ageless. I see you've met Louis-Claude.
I thought he was you for a moment, says Roo-kai.
He did, says Louis-Claude. That's why he landed on my dinghy.
Otherwise, I would have missed you, says Roo-kai.
Yes, I've been underwater, says Ageless.
In your sunglasses, says Roo-kai.
What of it? says Ageless.
Did you see the air bubble curtain? asks Roo-kai.
No, says Ageless, but I met a giant cuttlefish and she showed me where her eggs are.
Did you arrange anything? asks Roo-kai.
Not yet, says Ageless. I'm waiting for the others. They'll be coming this evening.
We'd planned a short voyage, says Louis-Claude. I was rowing. We were chatting, and somehow we ended up here.
So! says Roo-kai.
So what? says Ageless.
Gaius and Denis don't know you're at Point Lowly, says Roo-kai.
Errr... no, says Ageless.
I'll row us back, says Louis-Claude.
I could fly back and inform them, says Roo-kai. Will they be at the marina?
That's where Denis dropped me, says Ageless.
Then I'll save you a journey, says Roo-kai.
Not me, says Louis-Claude. I must return anyway.
Why not stay? says Ageless.
I have my reasons, says Louis-Claude.
Go then, says Ageless. I'll wait here at Point Lowly. I could do with a rest.
He drops over the side of the dinghy, and makes for the shore.
Louis-Claude turns the dinghy and starts rowing back to Whyalla.
Roo-kai flies back to the marina, where no one is waiting.
Where could they be?
He scans the local streets, and Hummock Hill.
No one except a few locals.
He sees a ship raised above ground two kilometres inland. The Maritime Museum.
And deduces (correctly) that's where they will be.
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