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Occasionally as she travelled, Hennessey dove, angling down, using her weight to coast deeper into the green ink.

The sea bed fell away beneath her—so that the floor of the world gradually darkened to the charcoal-green of deep water.

The seals at Seal Rocks were lean, agile, and fast. They could twist in half and change their direction in a heartbeat.

The seal accelerated away from Hennessey.

The skinny, tumbling prey had only increased the clamor of her body for food.

As she tensed to bite, an alarm flashed in her brain.

Hennessey shadowed the object with ancient caution and a fencer’s grace. Lifting her right fin, she swung minutely to her left, passing it, sensing it.

After the attack, Puja cancelled meetings. Cancelled work. Cancelled everything.

Prey or not prey? To really know what this was, she had to taste it.