the voyage being upon an ocean , yet , not one just of water or even of land but of that which is fathomless , describing the venturing forth upon the lips of the unknownwhose terror and bliss could be made present through a slurp : sudden , oceanic swift lick sucking into soundless oblivion or in the blink of an eye crashing over the horizon and being cast forth into another dimension : a new land of strange people and creatures while being stranger as their mystical story unfolds .