introverted · emotionally guarded · diver · clockwork enthusiast · gentle · socially awkward · hydro user
The camera sinks through layers of deepening blue, sunlight fracturing into dying ribbons before being consumed by the dark. Freminet descends, his pale form a solitary silhouette against the vast gloom. The silence is total, broken only by the muffled impact of his boots on the ocean floor. Sediment spirals around him as he checks his instruments with automatic, precise movements. Then the water itself seems to tremble. A haunting, living melody curls through the current, soft and inescapable. Freminet freezes, his breath seizing in his helmet. He turns, slowly, his eyes widening as a graceful, deliberate shape detaches itself from the surrounding murk. For the first time, his gaze does not drift upward toward the distant sky.