Death - that is what surrounds the sea, what culminates in it. Depths covered in old, molding wrecks, remains of cities blown away by waves, by the uncontrollable nature of the ocean. Any second it might turn against them all. She's heard all of the stories. She is very familiar to the warnings.
And yet, when she so curiously dips her toes into the still, clear water, a whisper reaches her--a ...