swimming amongst the kittens , were two skin divers , who moved about in synchronous , yet opposing and symmetrical figure-eights , so as to create an agitationa current , ratherin the fluid , as they reached out with their hands and meticulously moved each kitten that crossed their path , in a seeming effort to create the illusion that all the submerged kittens were , in fact , still alive and swimming merrily along through the liquid .