“Pelorus Jack. He’s named after the dolphin,” Ava said. Sasha’s face made it clear that she needed more explanation. “Pelorus Jack was a dolphin in nineteenth-century New Zealand who spent more than twenty years swimming alongside ships when they were coming or going from a particularly rough passage, near the Pelorus Sound. Almost like he was guiding them, or at least accompanying them on their way in and out of danger.”
