To stub
Blunt sudden contact, unexpected shock
None should be
Out of place/the ordinary
To have it rise
Confusion, disbelief, creates suspense because of unknown
That happened once… to me
The experience was so unsettling that it stuck with him
Too often
Maccaig does nor want to repeat experience, too disturbing
Not too often
Rare, uncommon, counts himself lucky, impactful dwells upon it
I count as gain
Benefit, good experience, opening his mind, valuable
Shook
Physically and metaphorically disturbing
Displaced more
A shift from previous thinking
Though enough
Does not want the experience to happen again, it was disturbing
Met
Encounter was on equal terms
Shoggled
Jolted out of a comfortable mindset
Centuries back
Shows that the speaker recognises the evolutionary relationship he has with the shark
Swish up… clearer
Initial confusion of encounter led him to a greater understanding
I saw myself… emerging
He has changed, rebirth of sense of self
Emerging
New understanding or altered viewpoint
So who’s the monster?
the speaker has been forced to rethink humanity’s
perceived superiority to apparently primitive being
Made me grow pale
Very disturbed by his realisation of humanities insignificance
