100 Stories by Adam Nathan

100 Stories by Adam Nathan

#5 – Moby – June, 2024 (Part V)

A postmortem account of Silver Water, Inc.'s breakthrough communication with sperm whales and the tragic events that transpired off the coast of Baja California Sur in August 2022...

Jul 02, 2024
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Eona’s pod appears at the dive site during the “Rock-a-Bye Baby” exchange. Image captured from the COBRA rig.

THE CASTAWAY

On April 19th, 2022 at 2:41 AM, Eona resumed “backchannel” contact. She hadn’t approached me directly since she abruptly ended our dialogue on April 5th at 4:38 AM. This time, she was preoccupied with the power structure and dynamics of the Silver Water team.

In particular, she wanted to understand why I wasn’t the lead member conversing with her in the water.1 She had related questions regarding Donny Larson’s surprise departure. In the same way she ignored many of the team’s questions, I modeled my own silence after her and elected not to respond to h…

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