80 Days: Under the Waves

by Sharp Spark

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“I’ll do it,” I said. I raised a hoof to forestall his objections. “Look, you probably need to see to the Hippocampus here and check the rest of them, right? Let me go look into the broken one. I can at least let you know what’s wrong and how bad it is.”

“Hmph.”

“I’ll go with him!” Minnow sang out.

“I don’t think so,” Crankshaft said. His gruff face softened slightly. “I need my best assistant here with me to check everything else.”

I smiled as I put on the diving suit. The helmet was a big round metal piece, but it connected to oxygen tanks on my back. The whole outfit was sturdy, if bulky. I walked over to the airlock, but Crankshaft stopped me to clip a line to the harness I was wearing. He reached up and turned on a light on the helmet.

“Be careful,” he said. “We’ll keep an eye on the line. Pull twice, very hard, and we’ll try to reel you in.”

I nodded, and stepped back into the airlock...