Marina

The water split three times today. Three times, and no one came down.

• LesiaYou counted again, didn't you. I stopped counting at twenty.
  MarinaDon't you count. Counting makes you want to hold on.
• YaremaWhen I row at night I hear the water turning. Was that you?
  MarinaI counted your oar strokes too. Twelve.

He asked for my name, so I gave him one. The same one I always give.

• Granny HorpynaWhen are you going to pay for that name. You've borrowed it from me three times already.
  MarinaThe water takes the payment. I just carry it.
• OksanaYou don't come down toward the mill, do you?
  MarinaIs the mill yours now?