Yes. [ A slight, reassuring pat upon the arm. ] Only salt, and so you must not ever try to drink from it, that's all. I have heard my people name it the poison water for that reason.

[ Her own shoes, ruined though they are from the day's pursuits, have long been toed off farther inland and left to face the setting sun alone. Warm sand cushions her feet the longer she stands, and so she lifts one to touch the water in demonstration, watching as a wave sends the sea to receding from her. ] You see?