It is dark, with light shimmering off in the far distance like a beacon of hope. The ground beneath your feet feels wrong--soft and wet, your feet sinking slowly if you make the mistake of staying still. While it is difficult to see, the path ahead of you is not one most would traverse.
There is nothing ahead but a long stretch of water, dark with filth and the shadows of night. Occasional ripples in the surface suggest that these depths are not uninhabited]