It wasn't stone, but inky water, deep and icy cold.

She looked down and saw inky water, then pinpricks of reflected light.

Something about the cold inky water filled him with forebodings of death.

For months and years she'd listened to those sounds while sitting alone, accompanied only by ships rocking in inky water.

Once they were comfortable, he waded out into the inky waters.

But down the stairs, furniture floated in inky water a few feet from the ceiling.

A few small fish swam into view briefly and then hurried away, leaving behind them nothing but inky water.

They parted and held hands, looking down at the lights that slid upon the inky water below.

And why would they plunge into inky water, even though they don't smell chemicals?

Pitt swung the door open and gazed across the harbor into the inky water.