"Let's go that way then," he says, nodding in the direction she had waved. He takes one of her hands in his own and begins walking. "I didn't grab anything that wasn't already in my pockets." He shrugs.

"I didn't see him, but, I mean, that's what you do, right? There were a few people," he shrugged, waving his free hand in the direction of the sea, "but no one on land. That I saw, anyways..." He wasn't a life guard, it wasn't like he could do anything for anyone that wasn't on land already, so there was no point thinking about them.

"You and I are alright, that's all that really matters."