At first he thought they came floating out to sea from the land he had left behind, and he ceased swimming that he might listen.
Then they pealed louder, coming up—up—from the green depths beneath him.
Come down and find us!
Come down and find us!
He looked down and instantly sank—deep, deep, deep into the cool silence. Instinctively he held his breath, threw up his hands and rose to the surface; gasped, took a long breath; raised his arms above his head and went down like a stone.
Deeper, deeper, deeper.
The church bells pealed so loudly, he thought their clanging clamour would burst the drums of his ears.
They lose their immortality
They lose their immortality
Those who do this