The first thing she noticed were the boats. There were three of them—the closest two were small boats surrounded by an orange fabric cover. One of them was sitting with its bow on the sandy shore, while the other was moving inland, and looked like it was also moving in for a beach landing. Each of them had a silver cabin with large windows, which was obviously meant to shelter the occupants. There were strong white letters along the side. How strange—these creatures feel the need to name everything. A banner was flying above the cabin of both.