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Even worse beyond the cave-pool - sickening drops and turns - walls studded with jagged stones - water gushes wildly, h made of putty - impossible to exert control - no tiht over o - conserve oxygen - bash s - belly - back - head - shoulders - head

Lose count of the crashes - can’t feel pain any longer - eyes playing tricks onup, it’s as if the rocks are invisible - I believe I can see the sky, the stars, theof the end - senses confused, brain shuts down - out of luck - out of hope - out of life

I open , last drink of water - slam into a wall - air explodes out of h to a sreedily, automatically

I float here a few seconds, pressed against the wall, gasping in air - current takes h a narrow tunnel - incredible speed - like a bullet - tunnel getting narrower - speed increases -the wall - the rock’s smooth, otherwise I’d be cut to shreds - feels like a water slide - alht low on oxygen again - try forcing head up to search for air - can’t - don’t have the energy to fight

Water creeps up h - water pours downthe battle - roll over, facedown - this is the end - lungs are filling ater - I can’t closefor death - all of a sudden: no water - flying - (flying?) - whistling air surrounds h it - floating, as though I’m a bird or a bat - closer to streaain?

Turn over in ht with stars - beautiful-

I’m out! - I’m really out - I made it! - I can breathe I’ht ends - hit water hard - iuts to pieces and knocks ain, only this time inside my head