17As Cryssa began the lessons that would prepare her to become queen, she started to receive other lessons, as well. Though she had been terrified of the water for most of her life, she soon found herself taking swimming lessons from her best Kee friend, Seek.
The lessons were Seek's idea. He wanted Cryssa to be able to play with him and the other Kee in the lagoon, and he wanted her to experience the underwater world with him. He promised that she would be amazed at the wonders of the reefs and rock formations and seaweed forests. Since she would be queen of it all someday, Seek said that she ought to know what her future kingdom looked like.
At one time, no matter how persuasive someone was in trying to talk her into swimming, Cryssa would never have considered it. Now that things
