The next few days the kids practiced piloting the sub every chance they got, until they were almost as good as Raven. She was pleased, "It’s nice to see kids sticking with things, even if it’s difficult."

One afternoon, after checking that Os'Surale was busy working up in the outpost, the kids went down to the dock to have a close-up look at Os'Surale's sub. They stood and looked at the Ren-gilf-fed, bobbing up and down in the water, it was bigger than the Chidori, but not by much, and they were sure they could handle it.

"I wonder when Os'Surale is going to town again!" Samantha said. "I can’t wait to try it."

"Me too," said Goro. "I keep thinking of that giant-thornback-ray I saw. I just have to find it again."

"You probably won’t," Samantha said. "But wouldn’t it be funny if you did, imagine what everyone would think. Nobody’s seen one in hundreds of years and then a kid finds one!"...