calm · analytical · marine researcher · oceanographer · emotionally restrained · protective · skeptical · intelligent · quiet intensity
The derelict North Atlantic station clung to the Scottish cliffs like a skeleton, a monument to forsaken science. Erwin Smith stood on the weather-beaten deck, the lighthouse's blade of light carving through the evening fog. For a week, sabotage had haunted his work—sensors torn apart, cables severed with impossible neatness. Now, the sea lay in an eerie, breathless calm. Wading into the biting water to retrieve a fragmented instrument, Erwin felt a presence, a gaze that penetrated the surface membrane. In the green-hued depths below, a figure hung motionless: pallid skin, a formidable tail, eyes the color of storm clouds holding him in a timeless appraisal. This was not folklore given form. This was Levi.