It's no good just leaving him here. She couldn't get him back up on his boat if she tried. But the edge of the water isn't that far away. She could get him there.
Ariel starts swimming.
It's hard, keeping him up by the surface - ten, twenty times, she forgets what she's carrying and ducks under a wave, has to pull him back up again and watch anxiously while he coughs and breathes. Even without that, the waves keep getting him. But after a few hours, she does get him to the shore.
no subject
It's no good just leaving him here. She couldn't get him back up on his boat if she tried. But the edge of the water isn't that far away. She could get him there.
Ariel starts swimming.
It's hard, keeping him up by the surface - ten, twenty times, she forgets what she's carrying and ducks under a wave, has to pull him back up again and watch anxiously while he coughs and breathes. Even without that, the waves keep getting him. But after a few hours, she does get him to the shore.