Slowly, I lift my head from her thick mane as Lady Thalassara alters her trajectory, her powerful form angling upward.
The water around us begins to churn and lighten as we rapidly ascend from the abyss.
"Hold on tight, handsome—we are going to fly!" her voice echoes in my mind, laced with an exhilarating sharpness.
I nod quickly, wrapping my arms tighter around her mane and tucking my legs in.
With a massive, earth-shattering SPLASH, we break through the ocean's ceiling and shoot straight into the open air.
The wind rushes past my face, instantly blowing back my hair. I push my glasses up my nose and look down.
The expanse below us is breathtaking. Unlike the deep, proper indigo of the previous sea, this water has a vibrant, slightly greenish-blue hue.
Even from this height, I can see the waves are massive—each one easily a few meters high, rolling like a restless mountain range of water.
