They were in Wyoming, watching the sunrise gild the mountaintops, which is to say, they were far, far away from the sea, so why did Christopher sense the sea was near? The freshness in the air could be Wyoming's own freshness, but what about the #tang of salt on his tongue? He half expected to hear a seagull cry.
"It's because of me," Molly said. "Didn't I ever tell you? I was conceived on a beach, under a cresting wave. Now, wherever I go, the sea goes too."