The Edge of the Water, page 12 of 12

The morning tide runs up the sand to refill the pool while Pip watches from the grey stone and Dawn arrives in the swell, both waiting for it.

The proud tide came again at first light, up the sand to the hollow, the way it always had.

This time two of them were waiting for it, one on the shore, one in the swell.

The pool filled. The morning started.