Another Shadowy-Creature-in-Water Dream

The rest of you probably aren't as fascinated by this as I am, but I think that there's only been one other time in my life when my dreams were working out a clear, consistent issue over several nights.

Last night I had a reprise of the themes of a large, shadowy sea creature and -- surprisingly -- a little girl in a harness.

( Behind a cut, since I doubt this is as interesting to everyone else. )

Keys to this dream: I was being assisted by a man -- and receiving moral support from other men -- but my dad did not appear in the dream at all. The shadowy creature in the depths was more visible and clearly harmless -- although it still made me nervous simply because of its size and unfamiliarity. The little girl might have been nervous, but she wasn't in a panic about what she was being asked to do.

I'm hoping that eventually I'm going to be in the water and making nice with the sea creature. We'll see how things progress. . .