The wind whipped around, the smell of salt on the wind, as Shelly strolled along the pebble beach, only the sound of her footfalls her company. She meandered along, not really focusing on anything in particular, when a soft and pleasant humming drew her eye to the horizon. A shape, bobbing up and down where the pewter sky met the ocean grew larger and larger as the humming free louder and louder. A faint glowing light accompanying the bobbing started to grow in size as well.

A form started to take shape riding the wake, an enormous sea turtle leisurely moved his flippers through the copy waves, carrying around his be k a glass bottle that held glimmering light. He seemed to smile while gliding through the rough waters all the way to the beach. He knowingly strode right up to Shelly and waited.

“Hello.” She said tentatively, not quite a greeting and not quite a question.

“Hello. I’m Jacob. The universe has a message for you. It’s in the bottle around my neck.”