Are You Out There?

He Juan's heart soared like a dragon taking its first flight and he swiftly abandoned his super late lunch in lieu of following the man to the port. He had deliberately taken residence near the sea so that he could receive the news about Marius as quickly as possible, and it only took him less than ten minutes to reach the deck where the men had been waiting for him.

"Boss, we found this stuck on the coral reefs five kilometers away from the explosion!" 

An item was promptly presented to He Juan, and his breath snagged in his throat when he realized that it was none other than Marius' buddhist bracelet which he had always worn on his wrist, still intact and unharmed.