A strange device made its appearance in the cave. I can
compare it to an armoured diving suit, a metal case that my body was placed in
and it closed around me. My sides, front and back were encased in steel. Air
continued to be pumped in. Breathing was intense but easy. Inside there was a
firm and steady beating of the heart; a slow rhythmic breathing with gentle
retentions. A slight tingling of electricity was all around me, like when you
put your tongue onto a weak, two-terminal battery. Energy in the air. I looked
around, I could see the blackness, a blackness that expanded. Tiny pinpoints
of light accompanied the darkness all around me. All was calm, all was still. No... I had not been transported to the bottom of sea; there was no giant octopus, no
whale! But maybe Jonah would have understood me. I was still in the cave, and yet I saw the walls slowly turning to old
dusty bricks, and there was a momentary hope of escape, but alas, it was not to
be. I slowly came out of my metal casing and, continuing to ask for an exit, I
sat down again and waited.
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