A pulse of energy radiated from Daniel's core, sending ripples across the dark expanse of the abyss. He felt simultaneously weightless and impossibly heavy, as if unseen forces had wrapped him in an inescapable embrace. The water around him churned with restless currents that betrayed no hint of calm, and every fiber of his being vibrated with an intensity he had never known before.
Mira shifted uncomfortably beside him, her fins fluttering in unease as the glow in her eyes flickered. "Daniel… what's happening?" she asked, her voice trembling between concern and urgency.
Before Daniel could form a coherent response, the abyss seemed to reach out. In a sudden, disorienting moment, the water swallowed him whole. The familiar world of shifting currents and bioluminescent light collapsed inward, and for an instant, he was no longer in the safe embrace of the open water. He felt as though he were being pulled—dragged down by an unseen force—into an endless, inky blackness.
