Introduce Love Interest and Impact Character #5 (Whaitere Saves the Lovers)

The shot is looking directly down at their splayed bodies. A portion of the sea creature’s body is visible teetering on the edge of an abyss. Kō and Aroha are sinking into the darkness below.

From the darkness of the abyss, a light flickers. A pattern of colorful light begins to illuminate, getting brighter and appearing to actually be drawn onto some surface.

A giant manta ray with colorful moko on her back emerges, and pushes both Kō and Aroha upward with her wide back. The back comes straight into the camera, blocking it, so that the view is now black.

Voice in the blackness: “Love like yours should never be extinguished. The underworld will not have you yet.”

Vague shapes fade in and out of the blackness. The sound of lapping waves slowly becomes louder. The camera is eyes opening, blurry and too bright to see. It fades to normal, then unblurs, revealing Aroha looking down at you first worried, then smiling, backlit by the morning sun.