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“ L e t ’s j u s t g e t yo u t h a t a d v a n c e d c e r t i f i c a t i o n , m a n ! S o yo u a r e n o t w a s t i n g yo u r d i v e s ! I m e a n , i t ’s n o d i f f e r e n t t h a n yo u j u s t g o i n g a n d d i v i n g f o r f u n . I w i l l t e a c h yo u s o m e a d d i t i o n a l s k i l l s , b u t i t ’s s o m u c h m o r e f u n t h a n t h e o p e n w a t e r c e r t i f i c a t i o n yo u j u s t c o m p l e t e d ” , - M i k e ’s b l u e c l e a r e ye s a r e p i e r c i n g l y e a r n e s t . M y l i p s s e t t l e i n t o a s m i l e. I ’ m s o g l a d I w a i t e d to make any final decisions until after meeting in p e r s o n . M y g u t w a s w r o n g. M i k e i s c o o l . A l i t t l e fiery and not really patient, but the guy seems t o h av e a g o o d h e a r t . T h i s f o u n d a t i o n h e k e e p s talking about… it takes a really big heart to want to do something like this. My conscious mind gets lost in planning different ways of helping Mike and his foundation. After all, good cause is the drive behind all we do. “ S o , l e t ’s s e t a d a t e. H o w i s Fr i d a y f o r t h e f i r s t d i v e ? ” - M i k e ’s e ye s l o c k o n B o b by ’s f a c e. “Sure”, - notes of hesitation that were there just a f e w h o u r s b e f o r e, a r e c o m p l e t e l y g o n e. B o b by ’s e ye s s m i l e. “ G r e a t ! We l l , I g o t t a g e t g o i n g ” , - M i k e ’s h a n d r e a c h e s f o r h i s p h o n e. A v o i c e f r o m t h e l e f t m a k e s h i m p a u s e. “ Yo u k n o w, w e w a n t t o j o i n i n t o o , ” - A n d r e, w h o w e m e t j u s t e a r l i e r t h i s m o r n i n g, c o m e s c l o s e r t o t h e t a b l e. “ We ’v e b e e n t h i n k i n g a b o u t g e t t i n g o u r a d v a n c e d c e r t i f i c a t i o n f o r a w h i l e. T h i s s e e m s l i k e a great opportunity”. A h a r d t o r e a d e m o t i o n a p p e a r s o n M i k e ’s f a c e for a fraction of a second, but disappears before a n yo n e e l s e c a n m a k e s e n s e o f i t . “ S u r e, s u r e ! L e t m e g e t t h e i n f o yo u n e e d ” , - a lighthearted tone seems to be almost too cheerful n o w. H e av y f e e l i n g o f u n e a s e i s s t a r t i n g t o c r e e p b a c k up from my subconscious mind. My consciousness t r i e s t o s h a k e i t o f f . I h av e t o s t o p ov e r t h i n k i n g. W hy d o e s i t f e e l s o u n s e t t l i n g t h o u g h ?
