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"Come on. Let's go back in the water so you can rinse off some of that sand then we can take a nap. Sometime tonight we'll be heading to the ruins of Twilight, so we need to get some rest now."

Saras nodded, getting up from where he was sitting in the sand. Between that, and his crying, he looked badly in his reflection in the water. He tried not to let him affect him so much however, as he worked on getting the sand off his clothes and out of his hair, which Jeremy helped. Jeremy had even held his hand, making the genie feel safe, as if someone would care enough to save him, should something bad happen. They didn’t spend too long in the water however, and any lessons that he might have gotten in how to swim, disappeared. But that was O.K. Saras decided he was going to avoid swimming ponds in the future. A bathtub was one thing… not being able to see or touch the bottom was another altogether. He knew it was a bit irrational to fear the water, but he reasoned that he was a creature made from fire. It was only natural, he told himself.

Once they were out of the water and back in the Sun, Saras was smiling again. Sunshine made him happy. Like many of the foreigners, he didn’t mind the heat nearly as much as they did, nor the drastic temperature change when nightfall came.

Jeremy led them to a shady spot under a tree, where he proceeded to lay out, seeming content in the warmth and shade, and a little bit sleepy. Saras joined him, not too far away since Jeremy and he and always been close, since they’d become friends. Saras liked being near the youth, since he was friendly and shared his food and talked to him as if he were more then just a Genie. As if he were a real person. Although he knew that eventually he would have to go back into the flask, and go to sleep, he liked feeling like a person, even if he knew it wouldn’t last. Once he went home, or found a new master, it would change back to how it was supposed to be, where Saras was just a genie who granted wishes…if he could grant them of course. He didn’t know what to think about what was happening to him…

"It's so hot out here that we'll dry off in no time! We better try to get a little sleep now."

The genie was quiet for a bit, before it occurred to him that he ought to thank Jeremy. He ought to thank Ravin and Barry and Rowan and Corum, but he felt closest to Jeremy since they had become friends so easily. “Jeremy?” Saras asked, his voice just above a whisper. He was hoping that Jeremy wasn’t asleep yet, since he knew humans sometimes got grumpy when they were interrupted. He wiggled a bit closer to Jeremy and smiled. “Thanks for being a really good friend… you’re the best friend I’ve ever had since I was made...” he said, quietly, before closing his eyes to sleep.

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