Lena has always felt fluent with the ocean. Never once has she experienced nightmares of looming tsunamis, sinking ships, plunging canyons in the deepest parts of the Atlantic. Of course she understands the fear. But it seems unproductive to be afraid of something so infinite, something that couldn’t be aware of your presence, that would never even target you, but instead simply overwhelm you without any sense you’d ever stood in its way.
