Embrace of the Abyss

The waters around Daniel had changed. Everything felt sharper, more defined. Every distant echo of a creature he'd never noticed before now resonated with startling clarity, and the shifts in pressure, once imperceptible, came as abrupt reminders of unseen movements within the abyss. Even the darkness, which had always been an impenetrable veil, now revealed subtle details—shifting currents and delicate, bioluminescent trails that danced at the edge of his vision.

But it wasn't just his senses that had changed. Something deeper had altered within him. The abyss no longer felt like an external, menacing force—a vast void determined to swallow him whole. Instead, it felt like an extension of himself, as if its endless depths were now woven into the very fabric of his being. This realization sent a shiver through his entire body—not one of fear, but of profound understanding.