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Show "It is. terrible. It looks so beautiful but underneath, really, it's just dark and cold." She crossed her arms over her chest with a chill. "The ocean?" "It's cold underneath, and so deep. And it's got sharks in it." "Maybe you saw one." "I just got scared all of a sudden. Everthing is so . . . so uncertain. So unsure." "That's for certain." Sae didn't catch it. "For sure you scared me, running like that." "They way you ran, I thought you saw something. Didn't you? Oh god, all the wavback I thought he was going to catch us." "Bite our heels?" After our fright we laughed like idiots. After we laughed we realized we were looking at each other. How could we have been luckier, both of us young, well-formed, healthy, naked? "You're a j.g. too," I said. She was puzzled. "I mean your tan -- where you're not tanned." "Huh?" "I mean, you wear a two-piece suit." "Not now." The way she smiled when she said that.' My blood was racing as fast as ray witticism was going badly. "I mean the way you got tadjfed from your suit. Now you're a lieutenant j.g." "What are you talking about?" God.' I was surprised I could even talk, my eyes could see so much, her arms could hide so little. "0/K/, one stripe is an ensign, right? And two is a full lieutenant. But one and a half --" "Like on your shoulder boards? A j.g." "Right. And you've got a wide stripe down there, and a thin stripe up |
