Brineglass Quay
Tobin
“Tobin is as tall as a doorway, with a broad smile, rolled sleeves, and a wool cap that always seems a little too large.”
He is a cheerful rope-darner who stands as tall as a doorstep and loves life along the wharves. He treats the quay like one big shared home and often tries to keep everyone included.
2 stories feature Tobin
Where you've met them
The Net of Sleeping Lights
A huge cargo net is hauled up from the water, but instead of fish it is full of sleeping lantern-lights caught in seaweed. As soon as the lights begin to wake, they drift apart in different directions, and the quay has to keep them together before dusk loses its way.
The Wind That Talked Back
At sunset, the cliffside wind turns into whispered voices that repeat everyone’s unfinished thoughts back to them. The whispers make some people laugh and others blush or worry, and the hush over the quay grows stranger as secrets begin floating out over the water.