We took the boat out and the world forgot to follow us. You revved to full speed, as you often do, and Greece opened beneath us; white wake, blue water, the mainland falling further behind us, until it felt as though we had outrun every version of ourselves except the ones we were with each other. There was something about being out there that loosened us. You became entirely yourself - sun-warmed, salt-skinned, dark hair caught wild in the wind, laughing without checking how