Chapter Two: Coflict at See

I had been studying the creatures that I encountered and had been quite content to do so. Everything seemed so new and unique. I was trying to understand these adaptations and specialized evolutionary qualities. Like why does a creature need eyes on its back and teeth on its face? What conditions made this a favorable mutation. Once again I had allowed my focus to blind me from how the see had been changing. This seemed to be a common theme in the see. It was as if the see amplified any thoughts or emotions and put blinders up to the rest of existence. I had to consider the possibility that the see was as aware of me as I was of it. My fascination with these ideas had done just that because as my consciousness shifted back outward, I became acutely aware of the change in my surroundings. There were thousands and thousands of new creatures. Most of them very brightly colored and elaborate. They were so numerous it was almost shocking. Obviously this species had done very well for itself. Thriving in this part of the see for many years. These creatures which I named “Spunges” tended to group up together in clusters, some times sharing meals and cross breeding. I t appeared that most of these creatures were capable of free movement in some way, at least in short distances, but it became apparent that the majority of them preferred to be stationary and locked fast to the smooth and predictable surfaces of the see floor. I had been quietly observing to this point, and I decided to go in a little closer to one group and inspect the incredible details of their markings. A chill ran through me when I got closer. As I looked my gaze passed beyond the spunges and to the see floor. Its smooth surface was made of the carcasses of countless other spunges packed in so tight as to become a solid mass. To my surprise one of these spunges was still alive and it spoke!