"Oh, loads," Marcus answers with a gentle, amused smile. "I went for at least six or seven rides, I lost count after awhile. Seemed the right thing to do, unsettle my stomach before meeting you for a nice walk on the beach."

He has no idea how much Dan actually knows, what he can sense, what he's expecting. Either way, Marcus is going to keep up the facade of it being nothing more than a walk. At least until they reach their nook.

"You know, I've never been on a roller coaster," he adds a moment later as their feet hit the sand. Here he pauses and bends down to remove his boots, his socks, tucking them inside his footwear before he rises again. "It was never really available to me when I was growing up."