CHAPTER 31
Michael would have been much happier doing the dive in the daylight. Normally, he liked night diving—dark water was like a sheltering blanket, and its restricted visibility heightened the mystery—but the Gulf of California offered a vast expanse of unknown territory. He reasoned that he and Yuri would stay very close together, and Yuri would pay out a safety line attached to the dive boat as they went. Powerful strobe lights attached to the tops of their tanks would start flashing as soon as they submerged. A diver's body might hide the light for short periods, but there was little chance the dive buddies would lose each other in the clear water.
Naïda’s enhanced senses included a fish-like sensitivity to pressure differentials that detected any movement in the water for a con
