眼泪充满了眼睛。看到母亲和她的小孩带回了既欢乐又令人心碎的图像。几年过去了，过于迅速地飞过，像沙子一样从手指上滑开。她抬起下巴，擦掉了脸颊的泪水。前面巨大的蓝色伸展到无限。她没有流泪，她自欺欺人。她已经足够大，知道生活像海洋一样，并不总是公平的。然而，她总是相信，如果她按照规则扮演，如果她坚持不懈，有一天她有足够的时间...做什么？她问自己，动摇。
(Tears filled her eyes. Seeing the mother and her young children brought back images that were both joyous and heartbreaking. The years had flown by too swiftly, slipping away like sand through her fingers. She lifted her chin and wiped away the tear from her cheek. The vast blue ahead stretched out seemingly to infinity. This was no time for tears, she chided herself. She was old enough to know that life, like the sea, didn't always play fair. Yet she'd always believed that if she played by the rules, if she persevered, one day she'd have time enough to... To do what? she asked herself, shaken.)