The waves were artificial and the water a synthetic hue. I sat inside the cloying heat and humidity of the steam room. An old man grim as sin shuffled in and sat nearby. Drained with droplets of sweat sliding down my nose I rose and left. I sat inside the spa where jets of air created bubbles in the air. Kids their bodies gleaming screamed gyrated and dived. Impressive hunks made waves as they churned through the water. I began swimming laps laboriously on my back. An Asian lady swam indominatably towards me like a kamikaze. When I began to kick she veered abruptly away.