Every night, for the past week, I've been waking up in the ocean. I don't know how this

started. It just began one night, and I don't mean I'm dreaming of the ocean. No. I don't

know how, but I'm physically transported to the ocean. Like I said, it began a week ago.

I went a bit as normal, after spending some hours on my computer. Turn off the lights

and crawled into bed, and soon I fell asleep. I've never really had any problems falling

asleep. Nor have I ever woken up in the middle of the night before. So, when I first opened

my eyes, I thought it was morning. But it wasn't. The first thing had hit me was the fact

it was wet. It seems like a stupid thing to think when you're waking up in the middle

of the ocean. But that was the first time. And the first thing I noticed was that I was wet.

But I wasn't cold. Then I noticed the darkness, or rather, the lack of sunlight. You've probably

seen those graphs that show how deep sunlight goes into the ocean. The mesopolegic zone,

also known as the Twilight Zone, is located between 200 and 1,000 meters below the surface,

or 660 to 3,300 feet. In it, the sunlight barely manages to reach some parts of it. And life

is adapted to not even reliant photosynthesis, like in the upper parts of the ocean. But I was deeper.

I was a lot deeper. But it wasn't pitch black, like you're probably imagining. I'm not sure I

was seeing bioluminescence of creatures. Or if I was capturing some sort of light, the human

I naturally can't perceive. But I wasn't in a vast dark emptiness. Nor was I being crushed

to death by the insurmountable pressure exerted by the tons of water above me. For a moment, I was

filled with panic, and I flailed my limbs, trying to swim upwards. But then, I noticed other things.

First, I didn't need to breathe. I touched my neck, but didn't notice any gills or anything.

So, I imagined there was another reason why I couldn't breathe underwater. Then, I realised,

I could move within ease that would put a limbic swimmer's the shame. It wasn't that I now

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