Beneath the Shimmering Sea: A Dolphin's Tale

Previously

…"Let's go," he said, his voice firm despite the tremor of apprehension. They turned and swam away, their powerful tails propelling them back towards the familiar safety of their pod. They swam with a speed born of urgency, their minds racing with the strange encounter. But in their haste to return to the known, neither dolphin noticed the subtle shift in the shadows behind the rocks, nor the ancient, slow-moving form that emerged from its hidden crevice. A large, old sea turtle, his shell scarred and weathered by countless years, surfaced silently. His name was Oru, and he had heard the crystal speak. And he knew, with the quiet certainty of ages, exactly what its words meant.