Annie saw dusty rise as the ground shuddered during a huge earthquake in Peru. As a circumnavigator of the Ring of Fire, the volcanic island chains that shaped the whales and their hunters' routes, Annie must have felt more, or at the very least, seen many volcanic cones, even smoldering ones. 
 
This illustration of a koi atop a roan horse captures the topsy-turvy nature of these terrible events from a child's view: that's sure one fish out of water. 
 
The caption includes an original haiiku in honor of the koi:
Roan and Koy Escape
a Peruvian earthquake
its still where they are