Boy sat alone in the shade of a large craning palm tree. Knees were pressed up against his chest and arms locked around them. Ocean blue eyes stared at the rhythmic lapping of the waves against the shore. It created quite a soothing sound as water licked the sand gently before returning to the vivid waters beyond. The youth enjoyed it here a good deal; not many people came to this side of the beach so he was primarily left to his thoughts aside from the occasional pestering gull or pinching crab.<br/><br/>Evan was a bit of an early riser and had gotten out to the shoreline before most of the other kids had probably woken up. It was a decent strategy for avoiding Tony and some of the more rowdy children; they always wanted to fight and Evan didnâ€™t really enjoying play fighting. Besides itâ€™s not like he was any good at sparring either, he always lost no matter who he was up against unless they let him win. It was best that he stayed out here anyway, when he was in town yesterday he was talking some of the older kids that he didnâ€™t really know and somehow ended up in trouble. Evan was content to just follow the leader but after the others grabbed some fruit and ran he tripped and was left to be blamed. He didnâ€™t even do anything wrong, he was just talking to them and following them around so that they could be friends but he still ended up the one to be scowled. The merchant probably took pity on him since he had seen him around before and didnâ€™t take anything himself. For the most part Evan had to listen to an angry speech about how not to hang out with the â€˜wrong crowdâ€™.  Still he wouldnâ€™t be heading back to the town for a while now; the beach was a much more friendly and inviting place.<br/><br/>Hugging his limbs tighter to his chest for a moment he watched a bird dive into the ocean with a small splash. Practically holding his breath he waited for it to resurface and wondered what it was like under that blue liquid veil. Sure he had been in the ocean plenty but he wasnâ€™t a strong swimmer and the sea was so vast that even the villageâ€™s strongest swimmer couldnâ€™t explore it all. Suddenly the white avian bobbed up at the surface, a silver fish glinting in its beak. Evan watched as it swallowed the hapless creature then after a moment of floating across the gentle rolling waves it took off once more. The sky was another of those places he couldnâ€™t venture, no one here could. It was so immense and grand he wouldnâ€™t even be able to imagine that there was an entire universe beyond itâ€™s fluffy clouds if he hadnâ€™t learned about it in school.<br/><br/>Letting out a sigh the boy absently grabbed at a straight stick that rested beside him. His arm flicked about drawing abstract patterns in the sand with he regarded which mild interest. The day was ebbing away like the tide with the boy giving it little notice. He knew at the back of his mind to go and meet Jasper and Liam but he had lost track of time and remained at his spot on the beach. He didnâ€™t own a watch or anything that would tell him the time and the sun slipped his mind.