She cried out in pain, a surprisingly human sound, as she curled into a fetal position and dropped like a stone to the ocean floor. She panted, gills heaving, as she sucked in water and pushed it out again, desperately trying to get oxygen to her wounded cells and cool herself down at the same time.
The Deep. She needed to get to the freezing darkness of the deep waters. It would help put out the fire inside her body. But for the moment, all she could do was twitch and breathe while her physiology did its best to mitigate and heal the worst of the damage.
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She cried out in pain, a surprisingly human sound, as she curled into a fetal position and dropped like a stone to the ocean floor. She panted, gills heaving, as she sucked in water and pushed it out again, desperately trying to get oxygen to her wounded cells and cool herself down at the same time.
The Deep. She needed to get to the freezing darkness of the deep waters. It would help put out the fire inside her body. But for the moment, all she could do was twitch and breathe while her physiology did its best to mitigate and heal the worst of the damage.