Clark flew into the air bubble Arthur had created, let out a long breath, and said, "Sorry, I'm used to breathing."
Arthur laughed. "Me too. When I first learned to swim, I could even choke on water. Can you believe it?"
Clark laughed as well. He patted Arthur on the arm and said, "I didn't come for anything important. I just wanted to remind you that the power that injured Diana is extremely strange. So far, you're the only one without sufficiently effective defenses, so you need to be especially careful."
Arthur's expression grew more serious. "Is it really that powerful?"
Clark nodded. "I know you can sense every change in the ocean, but nobody knows whether that thing even exists in the real world. When it attacks you, it might not pass through seawater at all, so you have to be extremely careful."
Arthur pressed his lips together. "I will."
"I heard you were looking for your ancestors' tomb?"
"That's right. I've been looking for Atlan's tomb. Honestly, Earth's oceans hold too many secrets. I even think I might find clues related to the Power of Death here."
"You think he came to Earth?"
"What hasn't come to Earth?" Arthur asked in return. "I think we should move the center of the universe to the Solar System. This place is practically the universe's most contested territory. Every strange thing has to leave a fragment behind here, and it always falls into the sea."
Clark had no rebuttal, because it was indeed true. They had seen plenty of bizarre things lately. Finding fragments of Death in the sea was hardly impossible.
"Then stay in the ocean for a while," Clark said. "On the one hand, you'll have more ability to fight back in the sea, and you might avoid their