Aran remembers the best vacation of his life, the summer in which he met Tano, Gertrudis and Quiquín, his friends from the Island; the summer in which many days he went sailing, contemplated the stars in the sky and dived to see the colorful ...

Aran remembers the best vacation of his life, the summer in which he met Tano, Gertrudis and Quiquín, his friends from the Island; the summer in which many days he went sailing, contemplated the stars in the sky and dived to see the colorful fish at the bottom of the sea; the summer in which he discovered a sensation difficult to explain, as if the waves of the sea were entering his belly.

"That thing in my belly got stronger, so much so that it went up to my throat and I started crying. Mom and Dad would ask me why I was crying and tell me there was no point in crying. And I didn't know what to answer."