1. Risking another imposed period of isolation—or worse—Blue Dot left his seabed den to climb the water column. Rhythmically expelling ocean water through his siphon, the pressure and temperature fell as he neared the forbidden upper layers. Guiding his ascent with the deliberate motions of his tentacles, he angled away from the uninhabitable, freezing waters…
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