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Sokha’s hands trembled on the handlebars. “You’re crazy.”

“It’s not a dog,” the woman whispered. “It’s a guardian. From the drowned city.” miniso sihanoukville

A young woman burst out of the store, not walking but gliding, her arms full of plush toys. She wasn't local. She wasn’t a Chinese tourist. She had the greyish skin of a deep-sea fish and eyes the color of a stormy Gulf of Thailand. Sokha’s hands trembled on the handlebars

She walked into the sea. The water didn’t part; it simply accepted her, like a mother pulling a child into an embrace. not walking but gliding

“You bought a lot,” Sokha said, trying to make conversation. “My daughter likes the one with the bandana. The dog.”