Comments on 'In the Belly of the Whale'I was too surprised to resist. Before I even knew what was happening, I splashed down into Willy's stomach, which was wet and slimy and hot and smelled of rotting fish. I coughed and sputtered in the close air, trying not to get slime in my mouth.
"What was—that for?" I gasped.
"It was for me, ground-dweller. I was hungry, and your kind has taken enough of ours to owe in return." His voice seemed to rumble from all around me, but I could still understand it.
"But—all that talk of waiting for me for centuries—"
He expelled a burst of air through his blowhole in a cetacean snort. "Do you know how few of you we can lure into the water with us?" He sounded smug. I felt him tilt forward. He was diving.
"Let me out! I need to get back to my wife!"
"Would you like her to join you? That can be arranged—I still have room."
"N-no, ah, thank you…" I mumbled.
"Relax. Sleep, and become a part of me." His deep voice, combined with the heat, was somehow soothing, hypnotic. Unable to resist, I slid into a deep sleep…2007-03-17T06:32:11Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/716Comment on In the Belly of the Whale<p>But it can’t <em>possibly</em> be over. If he died, having the story be narrated in past tense would not be possible.</p>
<p>So see if <em>you</em> can find a way to continue it. And waking up in bed after an awful dream doesn’t count. :)</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/716?basename=2312007-03-17T06:32:11ZThroat Wolfhttp://ficlets.com/authors/throatwolfComment on In the Belly of the Whale<p>Just when I thought it was over…</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/716?basename=2302007-03-17T06:29:12ZBryan VorBryanhttp://ficlets.com/authors/vorbryan