"They seem to be tucked away, though not hidden very well, all said." If they had somehow not been seen before, she suspected it was because Triton had not risen yet. Perhaps his presence made them more visible.

Searching the cliffside, she eventually spotted the shard resting on an outcropping a few feet down. More death defying stunts to be done, it seemed. Melinoë handed Elion back to Gadriel, smiled, and hopped down over the cliff without warning, landing on the little ledge beside the shard, stones tumbling down into the sea.