Stars shone both above and below the water here, and Hadama swum slowly between them. Dark skin and dark scales blended into the dark sea, but the steely-silver of his hair and the golden lines that crossed his body in mute testimony of past hardships survived gleamed with pale highlights as the glow of the basin's living stars caught them and reflected back.
The third source of starlight came from the tines of the trident he carried as he moved with care over the dangerously sharp coral of the basin, seeking something tucked within the hungry, flesh-flensing colonies beneath his muscular body.
This was no place for carelessness, but Hadama was patient and every move he made was deliberate as he threaded his path with slow precision, ignoring the fish that swum slowly through the razor-edged reef but occasionally pausing to study a particularly bright sea star.
Kaiden
The third source of starlight came from the tines of the trident he carried as he moved with care over the dangerously sharp coral of the basin, seeking something tucked within the hungry, flesh-flensing colonies beneath his muscular body.
This was no place for carelessness, but Hadama was patient and every move he made was deliberate as he threaded his path with slow precision, ignoring the fish that swum slowly through the razor-edged reef but occasionally pausing to study a particularly bright sea star.
Kaiden
