It was lonely in the dark of the cavern. The silence haunted me.
Oh, how I longed to sing with my family again. I tried to sing once, alone though I was. It wasn’t the same. My voice couldn’t reach the heights of the dolphins, nor the depths of the whale’s hum.
Somewhere beyond this watery pit I could hear them for a time. I heard their playful cries as the sun skipped over the Surface and glittered on their scales. Eventually their singing became more distant.
You may as well sidle up and warm your hands.