Air.
Rising in ribbons of tiny bubbles through the dark.
She takes a sharp breath and the cold dark suffuses her, suspends her in the abyss.
Samantha. Such a small name. So insignificant in the face of everything. But she'd help her shed it. She understands.
Shadows move in the darkness beneath the waves, a body swelling, unrestrained for a while. But what breaches the surface is merely head and shoulders of a woman. She opens her mouth and with an otherworldly resonance she sings. The words echo with promise and longing, a dirge as much as a lure. Tonight she will remind them what it truly means to leave the safe harbor...