"Hardly any of the creatures nearby dare go near there... and there's another place a little way from here, the stretch of sea where those red conches breed." Shuishui paused, remembering what she had seen on her first visit to that part of the seabed. Back then, she had felt... perhaps being unable to see did have its advantages.
At the time, Blind Fish and Shuishui had only recently entered the sea. Everything they saw seemed wondrous and new. They huddled together to carefully observe and study the crabs, shells, and seaweed on the seabed.
Until they happened to pass through that stretch of sea, where even the water was colder than elsewhere.
At the time, Blind Fish and Shuishui were playing hide-and-seek on the seabed. Shuishui hid, and Blind Fish searched. Shuishui's transparent soul drifted through the sea as she looked for somewhere within the agreed boundaries that was big enough to hold her. Then she spotted a shipwreck on the seabed. Nothing was strange to find at the bottom of the sea; not long before, Shuishui had seen a rusty bicycle, an old radio, and a copper ring down there.
Humans were good at using the "ocean" to declutter.
Shuishui decided to hide in the cabin, which was already full of drifting seaweed and covered in barnacles, and make Blind Fish work hard to find her. It was a very, very large ship, with smaller fishing boats scattered around it, made from all sorts of materials. It was practically an underwater graveyard of ships.
Shuishui did not think much of it at first, only that it was an excellent place for hide-and-seek. Kicking her legs and helping herself along with her arms, she quickly swam toward the pitch-black cabin entrance. Jagged wooden slats jutted from the upper half