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Sarah was slicing up a mango, the juice sticky on her fingers, while Josh flipped through one of the scientist's
journals from the abandoned campsite. Occasionally, he'd read out loud-random facts about the island's fruit,
strange bird species, and then something that made Sarah's hand freeze mid-slice. "This is one of the most
luscious, inhibited islands on the outskirts of Indonesia in the... Ara-" Josh frowned at the page, sounding it out.
"The Arafura Sea." Sarah sat bolt upright, eyes wide. "What did you just say?"
Josh looked up, bemused, then paged back. "The islands are hto bird species like Bronze-tailed Peacock-
Pheasant-"
"No! The part about where we are, idiot! Not the birds!" She lobbed a piece of mango at him, which he dodged
with a laugh.
He squinted at the page again. "The Arafura Sea? Did | say that wrong?" he repeated, emphasizing it and then
thinking about it... "Wait, you mean there's a sea beside the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific?"
| watched Sarh's face light up with pure rage, frustration, or both.
| couldn't help laughing from my spot in the sand. "Really, Josh?
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There are more oceans than that. Don't make us a stereotype. | beg of you. People think football players are
dumb to start with, and you are not helping right now." | sat up, looking between him and Sarah, who was glaring
at him with an exasperated expression. "The Arafura Sea is connected to the Indian, genius," she muttered,
shaking her head. "Maybe read more than just football stats once in a while."
Josh mouthed obscenities in her direction, but they were too soft for anyone to hear. He grabbed the piece of
mango she flung at him and shoved it into his mouth. | chuckled and dropped back down to continue my
sunbathing.
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Sarah jumped up with a huff and ran up and down the island, looking for... She pulled up a stick, ran down to the
beach, and plopped down onto her knees.
Curious, | looked at her, then at Josh. "We lost Sarah to the heat, maybe?" | murmured.
He shrugged and continued paging through his journal. "Guess so. Someone had to break the ice and go fucking
crazy first. We are professional athletes, so Sarah was the obvious victim..."
Ignoring us, Sarah grabbed a stick and began drawing in the sand. | watched her focus as if she was busy
designing something that would take over the world. "Are you planning an off- island escape down there?"|
called over, but she ignoredand wiped the sweat from her brow before sitting back to tie up her hair and
take a breath.
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"You know, the sand here is in the shade. Does your master plan need to be in the blistering heat?" | tried again,
but she still didn't notice my jabs.
Josh finally put his journal down and watched Sarah with me. After a few minutes, she sat down with a smile on
her face.
"Clook at this!" She called, and both of us agreed, and we dragged our heavy, nutrient-deprived bodies over
to where she was drawing in the sand.
When we got there, Sarah mapped out the world and included sections between continents.
"Look, if this journal's right about where we are, we're not just stuck on sdeserted island. We're in one of the
most isolated spots in this part of the world."
Josh and I shut up now and let her explain the different oceans. Then Sarah drew a circle around the landmarks
adjacent to the sea Josh mentioned.
"What's in that circle?"Josh asked, and Sarah looked up at him with a grin.
"We are! See this line..."She drew a line from California across the continents.
"That was our flight plan. We diverted somewhere around here,- and | thought we may have ended up on the
other side, but actually, we went down somewhere in this circle here." She pointed to the area.
"And this is good. Why?" | asked finally.
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