Morning — 34 miles off the coast of Belize. An oceanographic research vessel spotted an object drifting amid the still blue expanse. From afar, it looked like an unconscious diver. But as they approached, the silence grew heavy. There were no signs of life — no vest, no tank. Only a body stretched out on a damaged raft, its flotation ring half-collapsed. Her skin was silvery, with shifting blue reflections that seemed to move beneath the sunlight. Her ribs were visible, her hands elongated, the