The tomb door opened, and surprisingly I marched out with more strength than I remember. No one in sight, not a soul. Nor the soulless monsters who put me in there. I found my way to the upper deck. Unusually bright sun rays in the sky, a sweep of golden light caressing my neck, clean ocean air invading my nose. I leaned over the gunwale and glanced down into the water. It was so bright I spotted a school of fish swimming in formation. But upon a closer look, the pack was following one fish, same size, same type, maybe he just knew the way. Zeus approached me calmly and placed his hand on my shoulder. He noticed the school of fish too.
"The forgotten pond, the water, it will always show you who you really are. There's nothing to be afraid of. Not even death, it's where we are all headed.
