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Kian reckons she’ll be able to reach impressive heights when she’s an adult, maybe as high as dragons, which is the only reason I’m not freaking out when she swings herself over the platform.I know she can hold herself in the air if necessary, and she’s doing it for longer periods with every passing day.

Aruan pulls me under his arm and takes Zinnia’s hand on the other side.Together, we watch the sky grow from pink to orange.The sun peeks over the sea, turning the black water into liquid gold.

Zinnia sucks in a breath.“That’s so pretty.”

“Yes,” I say.“It is.”

A few pterosaurs cut over the water in the distance, their silhouettes black against the clear blue sky.It does make a pretty picture, but nowhere near as beautiful as the powerful man holding the little girl’s small hand in his broad one as if she’s made of paper-thin glass.

I’ve come a long way since I first landed in the middle of a strange jungle with giant insects and scary humanoid lizards.I never thought the happiness surging through me was possible or that such utter content existed.

In the dusky hue of the growing morning, in that special place where day and night meet, a comet with a blazing pink tail tears through the sky.

Somewhere on Earth, another couple is standing together, watching as a new day begins.