[ He was starting to believe that he wasn't going to get any help. The moment he went back under, it isn't that he stops fighting β quite the opposite β but his motions are frantic and scrambling. He isn't a strong swimmer, though he knows how to swim, but there's two parts of him fighting at the moment. One, that just keeps whispering that age-old promise, to let go, let go β and the violent, sharp thing that lives inside of him, that makes him want to fight harder and show them all how wrong they are.
He's easy to locate, even in dark waters, thanks to that eye that glows in the dark, Tezca's tail finds a too-thin thigh, and he very nearly struggles against him, before his eye darts, to see β
He still very nearly struggles.
He gasped for air when they crested the waves, his hand reaching out automatically to try and keep himself up and out of the water.
His eyes are too-wide, a little wild. The water is slick with pollution, and it reeks, it's a rank, sour smell that could send the river Pilt in a run for its money. His hands splay out, one actually trying to still fight for the shore, like he half doesn't believe Tezca is actually going to help him make it to the shore. If he's being helped at all.
There's a wide, almost fearful look in his eyes, swinging around, like a wild animal. ]
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He's easy to locate, even in dark waters, thanks to that eye that glows in the dark, Tezca's tail finds a too-thin thigh, and he very nearly struggles against him, before his eye darts, to see β
He still very nearly struggles.
He gasped for air when they crested the waves, his hand reaching out automatically to try and keep himself up and out of the water.
His eyes are too-wide, a little wild. The water is slick with pollution, and it reeks, it's a rank, sour smell that could send the river Pilt in a run for its money. His hands splay out, one actually trying to still fight for the shore, like he half doesn't believe Tezca is actually going to help him make it to the shore. If he's being helped at all.
There's a wide, almost fearful look in his eyes, swinging around, like a wild animal. ]