43rd Summer, 516 AV,
30 chimes after the 6th bell.
30 chimes after the 6th bell.
Syna was risen, somewhere behind the drapes and veils of mist that covered the bay. Through the fog the Bluevein River sounded muted, distant, it's roar tamed. Yet, the port never fully stopped working, and although the trade ships lay mostly silent, workers still trailed almost blindly through the fog, delivering and going about their jobs.
Karin wasn't one of them, not today. She was swimming. As the bells chimed in the distance, and the sound of the sails of a boat clinking nearby, the girl slipped out of her trousers, leaving them on the side of the dock. She was wearing next to nothing, apart from her underclothes and a slim, black shirt. She hoped that no-one would steal her belongings, least of all her boots, which had cost her quite a bit even if they did not look it. The only thing she took with her was her knife and her nosepeg. Taking a quick look back at her things, the girl felt safe in the knowledge that it was early, and that there was no-one else around. With the quietest splash, she slipped into the water.
She took a few, brief, strong strokes, pulling her further away from the docks and out into the bay. The water was like nothing she'd ever seen before, almost mystical, covered in every distance with a layer of fog that hung just inches from the surface of the sea. Karin breathed it in like smoke, feeling the moisture clinging to her, like her hair to her head, and her shirt to her body. It was amazing, she thought, how the two different kinds of water co-existed like this, yet managed to keep their distance from each other.
She was swimming leisurely, not putting a huge amount of effort in, merely drifting through the water on her back, kicking occasionally to keep her propelled. With a start, she blinked and kicked her way out of the ship that was moored out in the water, pushing instinctively on the hull to avoid crashing. From then on, the girl swam on her front, taking care to avoid the ships that occasionally reared from the water like beasts. Thankfully, because it was so misty, there was little traffic in the bay, and so the girl could easily avoid the ships.
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