The noise was incessant.
Somewhere in the depths of the ocean, a creature opened its eyes--- slowly, slowly. It had been a long time sleeping, and a long time dreaming. It might have been content to remain that way a long time still, but it could not; no longer. There was so much noise.
At first it had been little nothings, here and there a disturbance. It would simply drift off again, ignoring whatever it was, for nothing had ever been big enough to force it to stir on its own.