The keeper’s apprentice
Rin Aoki · 5 pages
In this chapter
Mio wakes before dawn to light the great lamp, but tonight the sea is quieter than it should be. Her grandmother's warnings echo as she climbs the spiral stairs and notices a second light far below the water, blinking like it is answering her.
When the tide pulls back further than anyone in the village has ever seen, a stone stairway appears in the sand. Mio has to decide whether to wake the village or follow the light alone.
Low tide
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Chapter 1 summary
Mio wakes before dawn to light the great lamp, but tonight the sea is quieter than it should be. Her grandmother's warnings echo as she climbs the spiral stairs and notices a second light far below the water, blinking like it is answering her.
When the tide pulls back further than anyone in the village has ever seen, a stone stairway appears in the sand. Mio has to decide whether to wake the village or follow the light alone.
A note from the artist
This chapter took me six days. I redrew the stairway scene three times to get the scale right. Thank you for all the messages about chapter 1!