river wide

Eddie: Wouldn’t it be great if the river was like the air and you could see down to the bottom and everything in between?

Dani: You’d run screaming.

Eddie: I’m not afraid of heights.

Dani: And depths?

Eddie: I can swim, a little.

Dani: But within the depths.

Eddie: Oh yeah, river monsters, right?

Dani: You’d be surprised.

Eddie: I’ve been to aquariums.

Dani: I like floating. Floating on air, floating on water, it’s nearly the same thing.

Eddie: Do you have any floats or…

Dani: Pool toys? Noodles, inner tubes, water wings?

Eddie: Like, floats? I feel like jumping in.

Dani: It’s river water.

Eddie: We’ve seen people skiing.

Dani: We’ve seen idiots skiing.

Eddie: I’m sure it’s fine.

Dani: Let’s get upstream of the sewer plant first.

Eddie: Yeah, that’s probably a good idea. Have you decided where you’re going?

Dani: I’ve always known where I’m going.

Eddie: Oh, so, where?

Dani: Like they say, it’s not the destination, it’s the journey.

Eddie: I think I’d enjoy the journey more if I knew the destination.

Dani: No, you wouldn’t.

A line of steel emerges from a bend. It’s row upon row of barges ladened with coal and it seems to need more than the full width of the river to make the turn. Eddie is confused. Dani remains calm as she slows her speed and steers starboard. There’s a man standing on one of the barges. He’s waving. Dani eases her craft towards the waving man.  We’ll find out soon enough, his name is Fisher.