“Hey, Chief. Still not going in the water?”

“No.” Kyungsoo is familiar with the mayor's son, having busted him for speeding more than once. He's a charming boy, a trait inherited from his father, but he has no political ambitions and is a star student at a performing arts college in Seoul.

He laughs, rubbing his hair with the sandy towel. “Why work on an island, if you're afraid of the water?”

“It's only an island if you look at it from the water.” A small crab wanders around Kyungsoo's foot, eyeing him suspiciously.

“...That makes a lot of sense.”

Screaming erupts from the water, spreading up the sand and across the beach towels. Kyungsoo looks around the mayor's son; a confused murmur ripples over the beach, rising to panicked shouts.

A swimmer struggles in the water, thrashing unnaturally and splashing frantically on their raft, but something has a hold of them.

“Shark! Get out of the water!”