Sea Daemon
By late afternoon the jade green and navy blue of the Indian Ocean had taken on a dark, glassy appearance. The sun sat perched ready to descend beyond the horizon, sending its final rays to glitter like stars on the tiny waves that played upon the surface of the water.
A young man, lean and muscular, confidently approached the ocean he had swum in countless times before. As the cool sea water hurried across the sand to kiss his toes the curve of a wave rose up and sped towards him, its crest of foamy white curling over as it neared the beach. The man paused, watching as the wave broke in an explosion of tiny silver drops on the sandy beach. Before the next wave could form he ran into the water, diving under and swimming a moderate distance along the sea floor before surfacing
