G'day, sailors, and welcome aboard. I am Hamish, and this is Captain Mira and the Salt Wind, chapter one. Before we begin, I want you to imagine a lighthouse on a small island, white paint peeling, and an old woman who climbed its stairs every night for forty years. That was Mira's grandmother. She has just passed the light on to someone else, and she has left Mira three things. A fishing boat that leaks a bit. A fat orange cat called Biscuit who does not like boats. And a map, drawn by hand, with an island on it that is not on any other map in the world. Mira is eleven. Mira has decided she is going. Hold onto something, because the tide is turning and the Salt Wind is about to leave the harbour. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts. Cast off!