The dragon in the zee

"You rest your hand against the pulsing flesh... and are no longer yourself. You are vast - larger than any beast or building. You are hungry - you could devour whole fleets and not be sated. You are lonely. You are far from home. You are imprisoned in the belly of a tiny world, sealed away from the blazing stars, and the singing nowhere-winds, and the edgeless, echoing freedom of –
You manage to drag your hand away. Your own, familiar thoughts return. The subcutaneous light has faded, and it is dark once more in the belly of the beast. The great, dozing, mournful, <i>hungry</i> beast. You feel a sudden preference to be anywhere except its stomach.
[This concludes this dive into the Gullet. You have collected the most valuable treasure to be found down here, and will not be able to do so again.]"