Yes, there is a life beyond Isola, Eyeshigh. I must confess I have ventured there in brief moments when the tribe has been busy in the fields. This will just be a secret between the two of us now, until the time when the others are ready to know...

FishyFrances, if you can make some time each day for Isola, the time you spend "away" won't be so dreadful -- you'll take a little bit of the island with you, and those lagoon waters actually ARE the true fountain of youth, but again, this is another secret, not to be divulged until such time as when the others are ready to know... Heehee.