It’s time for some plotlines to collide. We meet a very hurt cuttlefish doing her best, we see our Republican fugitives hitch a ride on the Brigand, and we settle some important questions like ‘what direction do objects in the ocean go in’ and ‘can you deadname a spy’.

To read along, you can find the novel, both online chapter by chapter and as handy epub downloads, at unjustdepths.com.

Next episode: Innocents In The Stream [6.1-6.3] and Overheard in the Waves