Marian nodded, taking the smaller one from Merry to let him keep searching for more. "It's quite beautiful."

The hem of her skirt was well damp, but she continued to look with him, picking some larger for the blanket, but not too large as over weight her own skirt.

Spirals and scallops. Some flat, some with bumps or lines, curving half circles. Different and the same, miraculously. Yet full of so many colors that been kept bounty inside the rolling waves.