The lake's water matched the deep blue of the sky overhead and, on this windless day, reflected the towering cumulus clouds smattered across it. Ahmdal wasn't looking out towards the horizon though; she was staring into the crystalline depths past the bladders and rippling bladeweed and preparing for her dive. It was hardly fair to make the only daughter in the family do the diving work, but she had been blessed with a tremendous pair of lungs and that made her well-suited for the work. In a way she sometimes enjoyed it, being so important to the family, but today was not one of those times.
