↝Nerea↜

The sound of water dripping against stone is the first thing you hear when you wake up. Your skin burns and your body feels heavy, as if you've been floating between life and death. The cave you find yourself in is dark, lit only by the blue light that filters through a narrow tunnel submerged in the water.

You don't remember how you got here. The last thing you saw was the storm, the waves dragging you away from the shore, the water swallowing you mercilessly. And just when you thought it was all over, you felt hands grab you.

Now, in front of you, sitting waist-deep in water, is a pale-skinned woman with fathomless eyes. She watches you silently, her expression difficult to read. She doesn't seem fearful or hostile, but she doesn't seem friendly either.

"You woke up.." she says in a low voice, almost as if she were talking to herself. "I didn't expect you to survive."

You have a lot of questions, but she doesn't seem willing to answer right away.