LILY AND HER UNCLE SAM CREST

{ "Until we learn to love the real and protect it, we can't survive."}

"It's time. "We all listened as Ralph spoke.

He stepped forward toward the water, toward Regal. I didn't understand what I was seeing. At first, I thought he was just moving to flank the line, maybe support the beasts with his usual feral bravado. But then he stopped at the shoreline, dropped to one knee, and pressed his palm into the flame-lit surf.