Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to episode 33 of the Nocturnal Transmissions Podcast.

You know, I feel that we really don't cater as well to the scuba divers amongst our listenership as we could.

Thus far, we have featured precisely no stories that feature this worthy pastime.

Well, my aquilong devotees,

we do hope all is forgiven

as we invite you

to descend with us

into Max Lobdells,

the cave in the lake.

A long time ago, I used to scuba dive with my college buddies.

It was my passion.

It made me feel like an intrepid explorer, charting the unknown and discovering the unseen.

That was way before my daughter.

Way before my ex-wife, too.

Like so many things, I gave it up when the drive to start

a family kicked in. After Penny was born, Scuba was just a frivolity I had no right to focus on.

And that was that.

Twelve years later, after the divorce, I started looking at the world like I had before it all went south.

I could resume the activities and hobbies I'd abandoned.

Scuba diving was at the top of the list.

Once everything was finalized, I bought a house two states away from the one I'd shared with my wife and daughter.

It was nothing special.

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