"Curiosity Killed the Cat" by Cristina Marsi

Amarina dived towards the glitter. The old rusty rock had finally broken and underwater currents had managed to turn the chest lid open (with great annoyance of all the small creatures that had elected its dark inside as their dwelling). Amarina knew already the little golden disks and the coloured shiny stones which seem to mean so much to the funny race living in the 'Dry', but this thing was new... Thousands of years of peace made it impossible for her to recognize the deadly weapon, but somehow she felt attracted by its shining surface and sharp edges... She took it in her hand, unaware that people had already killed for it...

2005 - Watercolour on heavy paper.