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The heat was stifling. Way too hot to go to school... at least thats what Kaimi was using as her excuse. The truth was that she would use any skewed reasoning to skip class and take off on her bike. In the little wire basket attatched to the handle bars she had stuffed a boom-box that was battery-powered, a couple of sandwiches and a towel. Today she was determined to find the beach.

After a few wrong turns, she finally found herself gazing across an expanse of sand and vividly blue water. Locking her bike, she grabbed her things and headed closer to the water, a wide self-satisfied smile spreading across her face.

She had spread her towel on the sand and set her boom-box to anchor it down. Once settled, Kaimi turned her gaze again to the bright water and warm sand. Out of the corner of her eye, a flash of gold grabbed her attention.

Wings. And... and paws? And a snake's tail? Kaimi turned fully and stared at the other girl who was clearly concentrating very hard on somehting. Never one to be shy or to pass up the opportunity, Kaimi slipped out of her sandals and trotted barefooted over towards Keres. She stopped a few yards away, taking in the girl's unusual appearance and not entirely sure that this wasn't some magical creature that had come out of the ocean or something.

Wiping the stare off her face, Kaimi replaced it with her customary friendly grin. "Hi!" She said to the other girl, still standing a little ways away just in case Keres turned out to be a denzien of the deep wanting to pull her under or something. "I'm Kaimi! Who're you?"

Kaimi grinned up at the girl, pleased with the compliment. "I like your wings! And your tail! And your... your..." She paused, not sure what to call it. "Your cat parts!" Walking up closer to Keres, determined that she wasn't any sort of threat, Kaimi peered at the water that Keres had just been staring so intently at. "Whatcha looking for?"

Kaimi stepped closer to Keres, peering into the water with her eyes narrowed. Crab-hunting, eh? Tucking a long strand of hair behind her ear (just to have it fall back over her face) Kaimi crouched down in the surf to get a better view. "Whats a Rann?" Kaimi asked, still searching for the elusive crab.

Kaimi had just been getting ready to open her mouth about her own Guardian person when Keres spotted the crab and shouted. With a whoop of excitement, the girl threw herself into the water and started digging too, scrabbling to catch the critter.

"I think I got it!" She yelped in excitement, her hands closing around the crab. Though not for long. The little sucker gave her a pinch and scrabbled out of her grasp. "I lost it! Get it!" She shouted, splashing everywhere.

Kaimi, by this point, was soaking wet and covered in sand. Shoving her dripping hair out of her face and shaking her head vigorously to clear the water off the drooping petals of the flower in her hair. "Did we lose it?" Kaimi asked anxiously, peering out at the water.

Kaimi was only half-listening, staring wide-eyed at Keres' flank. "Shhh..." She said, sidling around the other girl. "Theres one in your fur." This was stated in a dramatic stage whisper as Kaimi's face spread into a wicked grin. "Hold still..."

Swept up in the sphinx's emotions, Kaimi squealed and clapped her hands over the crab. "IGOTITIGOTIT!" She shouted, not knowing what to do with it. The feeling of the little thing skittering around in her palms was weird. "What do I do?" She was shaking her clasped hands as if that would somehow solve everything and doing weird nervous dancing steps in the sand.