[Panel 1
Text: Sometime in the last few years, existing socially started to feel like being underwater.
Description: A distorted shot from abovewater of an East Asian woman reaching out with her right hand underwater.
Panel 2
Text: Nothing I say comes out right.
Description: The same woman yells, but nothing comes out.
Panel 3
Text: Or makes its way to the people I wanna reach.
Description: A shot from underwater of air bubbles floating towards the surface.
Panel 4
Text: Is it me?
Description: Jellyfish underwater; the foremost jellyfish are in focus, while the ones further back fade.
Panel 5
Text: In any case, I need to learn to live here.
Description: The same woman sits on the floor of the ocean, staring up, as bubbles escape from her mouth. Around her, the ocean floor teems with life: seaweed forests, a line of fish darting in and out, two crabs in the foreground foraging.]