Sovannmacha and I said farewell in tears. When the mermaid queen dove back into the sea, I was left with a hollow feeling inside.
I returned to the ship again.
Once I was on board, the enchanted pearl began to conjure up a strong inkling in my gut. I just knew exactly where we must sail to.
"The edge of the gulf," I told my avatar friends after we all sat around the table inside the cabin. They simply nodded without any question. We hurled up the anchor and steered the course of our ship, heading north to our new destination.
The wind carried us as far as the end of the gulf. On the second day over the quiet sea, we spotted the bay of a strange island as Sovannmacha said we would.