The Edge of the Water, page 7 of 12

Dawn rises straight up out of the pool and bends her head far down to look at Pip, who stands very still on the small flat grey stone at the water's edge and looks up the whole height of her.

Dawn rose to look at him properly, and the water rose with her, and Pip saw how much of her there was.

The speech left him.

I want to see where you breathe, he said, which was not part of it.

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