Story disclosure: This is an original fictionalized story created for entertainment. Names, dialogue, images, timelines, places or events may be dramatized or recreated. The first sound was so small I almost missed it—a single click from the deepest end of the pool, sharp as a pebble tapping glass. I looked up from the feed chart. “Did you hear that?” I asked. Marin, beside me, froze…
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