Whalefall: A Novel by Daniel Kraus

Author:Daniel Kraus [Kraus, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MTV Books
Published: 2023-08-08T00:00:00+00:00

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BAUM, THROOSH

The whale’s heart and

(Your heart)

BAUM, THROOSH

the whale’s lungs.

(Your lungs)

BAUM, THROOSH

all working in slow-motion symphony.

BAUM, THROOSH

Breathe sleepy. Breathe sleepy.

BAUM

Jay times his breathing to the whale’s biology. He inhales with the heart’s thunder, and then, because the whale’s life systems operate at a glacial pace, he waits until

THROOSH

to let the air out. And again. Heart, sleepy, pulse, sleepy. The whale is guiding him. All Jay has to do is follow. Feel it now, the untying of fevered knots. He won’t achieve Mitt’s fabled diver’s peace, but if he keeps it up, he might earn an extra fifteen minutes of air. New space opens in the whale’s stomach. Not physical. Mental. A space to plan. To think. To see. To hear. To touch. To taste.

To smell.

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