Kelpbone Steps

Nessa

“A lap-sized baker, about the size of a large house cat, with flour on her cheeks, a striped apron, and a wicker tray of warm buns beside her.”

Nessa is a small harbor baker who fits in a child’s lap when she sits on her flour crate, with a face often dusted white from the ovens above the stairs. She loves the feeling that a good surprise can brighten a whole morning, and she cannot help trying to cheer dull moods into something warmer and sweeter.

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The Hungry Tide Pools

At Kelpbone Steps, a school of hungry shoreline fish surges into the lower pools earlier than usual and starts stripping away the seaweed beds that shelter crabs, shells, and eggs. The problem is immediate: if the pools are emptied too quickly, many small sea creatures will lose the places they need to hide.

Nessa