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article: Alexandros Tzanerakis images: Giannis Giannopoulos
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ur meeting was set a day earlier. The idea worked One dive followed the other up to when my turn Lofty and even provoking, they approached the rope, circled it (and me
like a fresh breeze in the hot August afternoon. came up again. I relaxed, took my last good breathes, of course) and began to leave. What made them return still remains a
Tomorrow morning, at the usual spot, across from even stole a couple of small ones and bending my mystery. I still have not solved it. What I do know is that lowering my
Patroklos Island, we were to meet for one more back, let the rhythms of the blue goddess take glance this time, they came even closer. I could clearly see every detail on
relaxing dive. over me. My movements steadily got fewer up to their bodies, even the muscles moving under their thin skin. As for their
Indeed, waking up the next morning was easy (unlike when they stopped completely. At about that point, glance, I surely will remember it for a very long time… 49
all other mornings). A little time later, I was beneath being completely motionless in the negative zone, 10 meters from the surface I met with the safety diver who followed me
George’s house and together we continued to our they appeared! Initially as small figures in the blue up to the top wondering what I was trying to tell him through my signs.
meeting place. Arriving a bit early, we had the time landscape that steadily took the form and shape of After taking the first breaths, the word “amberjacks” was followed by
to talk with the other guys and of course making fun amberjacks. They were about 15 fish and their size the simultaneous dive of all divers that happened to hear me. Surfacing
of anyone who had gained a few kilos or was looking constantly got bigger as they approached me. Not disappointed one by one, they would joke about my mental condition.
somewhat funny was a regular activity. All jokes (at wanting to scare them, I decided to stop my descent How the depth combined with the long apnea had made me delusional.
least most of them), stopped as soon as we began and stabilize myself in one depth by bringing my That’s OK. Sometimes certain things are better kept for ourselves. That
getting ready. After a few minutes the ropes were leg around the rope. In that manner, head down, I which still makes me wonder is this: was I watching them, or were they
set and one by one all divers started to warm up. let myself wonder at this magical image of the fish. just questioning my presence down there…
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