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THE BLUE FEATHER
Tital and Bardala slipped along silently on the surface, and
then dived down five meters to the bottom of the lagoon. Their
bodies were cocooned in spectral effulgence as they watched the
different fish swim around in a search for food. Bardala spotted
several lobsters feeding next to some brain coral. Tapping Tital,
he speared one, then another. The soon-to-be-tasty lobsters
were secured in a woven sack, and the couple was swimming
back towards shore when Tital spotted something large moving
below to his right. With nowhere to hide, it amazed them that
whatever the creature was, it did not see them. It appeared to
be about nine meters tall, and had a somewhat human form, but
that’s where the similarity ended. Bardala held Tital’s hand while
the creature passed by, thankfully not even noticing them
floating above it. Its massive, chunky body seemed to be made
of stones of some sort, like different sizes of building stones, only
its head appeared to be...Mayan, Tital thought in the short time
he had to see it. Bardala worried about where the thing was
headed, thinking about her little brother and sister back at camp.
Would it come out on land near them? Were they in any danger?
They could hear through the seawater what sounded like its
breathing, but it would be breathing…water.
“HUHH…HUH…HUHHH!” It huffed as it passed them, and
when it passed from their sight they quickly swam to shore.
“What a monster!” Tital said first, after they had gotten up on
the beach. They both looked around, expecting the underwater
Titan to appear any moment.