Chapter 22 ｜You’re on an i-land

We all remembered, for example, when the first loon arrived. The ducks were so happy to have a bird nuttier than themselves. But we’d never had an invasion like this: a species like no other, and in such vast numbers.
You’re on an i-land,” the red one said matter-of-factly. “A very small i-land. When you leave here, you cross the sea and you hit the main-land, which is a billion times bigger than this place.