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Matsi was eight years old when he first met the ocean. He lived with his parents and many siblings in a village by the sea. They were a family of fisher-folk, as so many in the village were. His father was the greatest fisherman in the village and sat on the council with the village chief and any others important to the village’s prosperity. One day, after coming back from a council meeting, Matsi overheard Papa complaining to Mama that the Shaman would eventually be the ruin of the entire village. “He wants us to set aside a day where our entire catch will be given to the temple to be given back to the ocean. As if that would ma