"Yeah! If I'm here anyway, I want to see all the cool places."

"Okay!"

Sarati had, luckily, thought ahead and packed two glow-lamps, so they can better see the path outside the village. She shows Grenadine how to turn the lamp on and off, then leads her towardsthe tangle off lakes and rivers that make up most of the island.

Gren has her own glow - soft light produced by magic pushed out from her palm, if she needs it.

"All the glowy plants and things are  really cool. I want to see one of the hot vents."

"Most of them are underwater, but I think there's one above ground this way. Be careful, they're dangerous to get too close to."

"Yeah, I'll be careful." Gren hums cheerfully as she floats along on her broom, darting ahead of Sarati or circling around.

Soon enough they come to a vent. The plants around it are strange - flat and brought orange or red or purple - and there's colorful ponds of hot water that Sarati warns her away from. The actual vent is a big crack in the ground with steam coming out of it.

"Where does the heat come from?"

"Underground. This island is hot under the surface. I'm not sure why, though."

"It's still really neat."

"Yeah!" And onward to explore more places.

Gren wanders a little further all the time. She can always go up and find Sarati's lantern.

This looks like a particularly pretty little lake, the way there's a foresty-thing all around it.

There's a splish-splashy sound, and a burble, and then a voice.

"Who're you?" It seems to be coming from the lake.

"I'm Grenadine. I'm just looking around 'cause it's pretty around here. Who're you?"

The water ripples. "I'm a lake!"

"You're a lake? Does that mean you're a spirit like Sarati told me about?"

A small wave. "Maybe! What're you?"

"I'm a Witch. A human with my kind of magic is called  a Witch."

"What kinda magic is that?"

"It's the only kind of magic I knew about. It just happens, some girls are Witches. I can fly and make lights. I can probably make magic shields when I'm older."

"Cool! I only have lake-magic. What's your world like? Are there lakes there?"

"I don't know how to sum it up. There are lakes. There's also the sea, which is like a huge lake with salty water that covers whole parts of the world."

"Wow! Is a world like an island?"

"I think so. It's a really big island if it is."

"That sounds so interesting. How do the fish live if the water's salty?"

"Ocean fish are different kinds than river and lake fish. I don't know how exactly they're different. But ocean fish usually die if they go to rivers, and river fish usually die if they go to the ocean."