kaolin fire presents :: A Guide to the Air-Dependent

On breathing water: first, relax— accept that what is now and what will come are different. Eyes closed, allow the water to envelop your face. A liminal kiss is a prayer and a promise. Do not force. Contract your stomach; hold tension: the act of moving without motion. Focus on the effort wasted that makes you stronger. Perspective. Squeeze gently inwards, allowing fear to leak away (in your breath, in your sweat). It is becoming you. You becoming it. Inversion. On leaving air: relax— let nature follow flow, water filling lungs. This moment of transition the gods adore, and now is when the nanites set: bubbles mark your last breath of air.