KEALOHA//

Have you ever been scuba diving?

SEBASTIAN//

A few times.

KEALOHA//

I was thinking, what if there are more of our kind there?

It seems like a natural place for people with our gifts.

SEBASTIAN//

It could easily get high profile.

KEALOHA//

Maybe it should.

SEBASTIAN//

I'd prefer it not.

KEALOHA//

You like hiding in the shadows?

SEBASTIAN//

I like living. I have plans.

KEALOHA//

Well you always have your movies to fall back on.

I don't have anything yet.

SEBASTIAN//

I just don't want you to go too big for your first venture.

There's always time to increase the scope but once you've started, you'll need to finish.

KEALOHA//

"Bite off more than I can chew"; I've been accused of such more than once.

SEBASTIAN//

It's sage advice.

KEALOHA//

I guess I can just do some exploration on my own time.

I'm serious though, it just seems like a natural fit: Scuba.

If our kind has existed for as long as I suspect, then we're not the first ones to consider it.

Just think, a world open to us without judgement.

SEBASTIAN//

There is the issue of sustinance.

KEALOHA//

Isn't there always? There are animals.

SEBASTIAN//

Too soon will disappear the days when anything that walks on four legs is a satisfying meal for you.

I would give great consideration to that reality.

KEALOHA//

I guess.

But all the reason it might be better to get a head start, then.

I imagine there are plenty of prey large enough.

SEBASTIAN//

And yet, removed from your natural environment, you'll not be set up to be a hunter.

Without your augments, you'll be prey yourself to the denizens of the deep.

KEALOHA//

I have weapons.

SEBASTIAN//

Everyone has weapons.

If you were injured, who would help you? You could sink to the bottom of the ocean to waste away for eternity.

KEALOHA//

Well that's a grim image -- I get chomped by a shark, huh?

SEBASTIAN//

It's possible. And I'd hate for that to be your fate.

I'd never forgive myself.

KEALOHA//

I appreciate that.

Sea creatures are not necessarily so violent.

SEBASTIAN//

However small the chance, it's still a risk.

Especially if there are sentients in the depth.

We can't be sure they'll show mercy toward us.