-> action

[It's a nice night and he needs to get out, so it's nice that Clarence agrees to go with him. It's a little cooler on the shore, but he's brought a jacket and there's just something irresistibly invigorating about a quiet beach at night with nothing but the waves rolling in. An oddly comforting sense of being alone that makes his thoughts wander in a fluid way they'd never be in his room at home.

Elliott turns his back on the ocean with a soft, happy sigh and keeps an eye out for a familiar shadow against the lamplight.]