The moment Lu Ban plunged into the sea, his greatest relief was that he had brought with him waterproof compressed rations.
That way, if he were to drift onto a deserted island, he wouldn't be completely out of supplies.
In the clear sea, he saw that the massive whale wasn't approaching him; perhaps it was simply rolling over, just as humans walking on the street pay no mind to the life or death of ants beneath their feet.
The whale disappeared abruptly, swimming as fast as the sailfish Lu Ban had seen on television.
Fortunately, it chose not to collide with the distant three-masted sailing ship, instead moving in another direction.
It was only then that Lu Ban caught a glimpse of the whale's entirety.
It was indeed inappropriate to refer to it as a "whale."
Its enormous, hundred-meter-long spindle-shaped body was just a part of the monster.
