Chapter 15

           ValentineMichaelSmithswamthroughthemurkywatertothedeepestpartofthepool,underthedivingboard,andsettledhimselfonthebottom.HedidnotknowwhyhiswaterbrotherJubalhadtoldhimtohidethere;indeedhedidnotknowthathewashiding.HiswaterbrotherJubalhadtoldhimtodothisandtoremainthereuntilhiswaterbrotherJillcameforhim;thatwassufficient.

           Assoonashewassurethathewasatthedeepestpart,hecurledhimselfintothefoetalposition,letmostoftheairoutofhislungs,swallowedhistongue,rolledhiseyesup,slowedhisheartdowntoalmostnothing,andbecameeffectively"dead"savethathewasnotactuallydiscorporateandcouldstarthisenginesagainatwill.Healsoelectedtostretchhistimesenseuntilsecondsflowedpastlikehours,ashehadmuchtocontemplateanddidnotknowhowquicklyJillwouldcometogethim.

           Heknewthathehadfailedagaininanattempttoachievetheperfectunderstanding,themutuallymergingrapportthegrokkingthatshouldexistbetweenwaterbrothers.Heknewthatthefailurewashis,causedbyhisusingwronglytheoddlyvariablehumanlanguage,becauseJubalhadbecomeupsetassoonashehadspokentohim.

           Henowknewthathishumanbrotherscouldsufferintenseemotionwithoutanypermanentdamage,neverthelessSmithwaswistfullysorrythathehadbeenthecauseofsuchupsetinJubal.Atthetime,ithadseemedtohimthathehadatlastgrokkedperfectlyamostdifficulthumanword.

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