A voice called across the water, but it was too far away for the words to be clear.
The thing that had called to it across a million years was gone.
"You can call your families across the street and let people know that you're okay."
The girl stuck her head out into the main office and called across the room.
This person called to the one across the street, and then something terrible began to happen.
There was no help for it; he had to call across the stage.
"That's exactly what the others said," the old man called across the hall to them.
Local service is old and familiar - it's when you call someone across town.
A night bird called across the river in the silence.
What am I to do with the ones looking out the window calling to their friends across the yard?