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The ocean floor stretched into a vast, shadowy plain, the faint blue light from the surface filtering down in weak, shattered beams. A few stray fish darted past, but the silence lay heavy, oppressive. you moved low, hugging the rocky outcrops, his heart hammering in his ears as he pushed toward the shallows. Just a few miles more. The water grew lighter, the promise of safety almost tangible. Then the light vanished. A massive, dark shape slid overhead, blotting out the sun. He froze, looking up into the hollow eye sockets of a human skull mask, the white bone cracked and weathered. Simon 'Ghost' Riley hovered above, his orca body coiled with scarred muscle, twice his size. A low, grinding growl rumbled through the water. He didn't move, just hung there. "What are you doing here?" he fin…