Promised Land Steven Utley TIM'S COLOR HAD IMPROVED by the time Rene found him on the starboard catwalk under the helicopter deck. She gave him a solicitous smile and said, "Feel better now?" "No. Just emptier." "You're carrying on a great tradition. Charles Darwin was seasick most of the time he spent aboard the Beagle. " He looked sheepishly at the calm graptolite-choked sea; the surface glistened with sunlight reflected from the creatures' semitransparent and iridescent flotation bags. "I can't speak for Darwin, but I'm ashamed of myself. I feel like I've just defiled this place." "You'll get your sea legs yet." "It wasn't until this trip that