Candy had leaned down to splash some of the water on her face, tongue peeking out of her lips to taste the sea in the Hereafter. It was saltier than the Sea of Izabella, and wamer, too.
But when she looked over to Onyx, she could see that he'd gone pale. She moved over to him, wrapping an arm around his waist in case he fainted. "Are you all right? You don't have to do this, Onyxx." She smiled and tried to get him to walk back closer to the shore. "Really. It's okay. We can take baby steps."