i guess we can pretend we've never been here

Inferno had made her way off the dunes back onto the beach proper, and stopped at the high-tide line. This was where the waters tended to deposit their finds when the tides retreated, and here the debris stayed until the next time the tide reached so far. She stepped over a big twisted driftwood piece that she thought could be useful, but it wasn't what held her gaze. Rather, it was the clumps of kelp that lay twisted about here and there - now dried out from being out of the water so long, but the tide was creeping up and would deposit a new batch by the time it reached here. Kelp was good to eat for the minerals it contained, she knew, but she also knew that it could be used along with other compost to enrich the sandy soil by the fresh water in the dunes to help more things grow there. The ashes from burning it would make lye for soaps and such as well, though she only had a vague idea from her travels how to do that. Maybe someone else knew more about it than she did and could utilize it. Either way, it was a valuable resource, though one the pack already had in abundance on their multitudes of other beaches. Inferno turned back to return to the group with her findings, then paused thoughtfully as the sand shushed beneath her paws. Hm - wasn't glass made from sand? This sand would make some pretty unique glass, wouldn't it? That could be a good trade item if anyone was interested in making it. Well then. Time to return to the group.