He fell to sleep like he always did. Only this time it wasn't such a jolt. The ground didn't rush up to slap him in the face. Ronan fell into his dream place peacefully. The Orphan girl was there to greet him but she wasn't afraid. She brought him a flower and lead him by the hand to a body of water. It was so smooth it looked like glass. In the center a ship was floating and he could smell the eggs and bacon from the galley.

He waded through the water and climbed the rope ladder to the deck of the ship. Ronan stood on the deck and held the wheel of the ship in his palms. He thought of the grain of the wood and the smell of the water, heard the creaking in the body of the vessel.

When his eyes opened he was looking up at Adam from the deck of the ship.