Cold. Dark. Nothingness… But after some time, I start to feel a tendril of warmth caressing my cheek from above and soon spreading down across my skin to the rest of my body. I catch a glimmer of light from the source of the warmth. I look up, and the darkness starts to give way to what looks like sunlight twinkling on the surface of clear turquoise water. I realize then that I’m in a tropical ocean. I use my arms and leg...