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In all this time I hadn’t taken a single breath. My lungs were now screaming for air and my head was starting to get woozy. Luca squeezed my hand and smiled at me. Air bubbles escaped between his lips and rose up to the surface far above us. My panic was extended to him as I clapped my hand over his mouth. He chuckled as he grasped my hand and pressed a light kiss on the palm.
When he spoke his words were a little more garbled then when Landry spoke, but were otherwise as clear as though we were on land. “You don’t have to worry about breathing.”
I still hesitated, but my lungs didn’t give me any choice. They were screaming for sustenance, and I gasped out the old air. I expected water to rush into my mouth, but there was nothing. It was almost like there was an invisible bu
