[ Before she can consider reaching for a bobby pin just to find out how he'd look, he's gone. It's quite unfair, since her layers aren't quite as easy to remove. However did the women swim in their clothes? Vanessa remembers clearly how she sank like a stone in Serthica thanks to her heavy winter skirt. This clothing might be lighter, but she isn't taking a chance, so her outer skirt and blouse are abandoned with her boots and bracelet, leaving her in her stockings, underskirt, and long slip.
Even knowing what she does about the coin, her instincts make her struggle to trust in the magic and simply try to breathe once underwater. She can't help but hold her breath. Slight panic causes her to reach for the Doctor, though he's already ahead of her and she must conquer this herself. How to escape that mortal fear of drowning? What if she imagined it were the ocean? She had always wished to float down into the darkest depths of the sea, which is so close she can still hear it. If anything, the sound rings clearer down here. Let the lakes carry her there.
Her gasp is muffled by the water when she takes in a breath and goes against every instinct in her body. The result leads her panic into delight. Were they not on a dire mission, Vanessa might even laugh silently into the void of the lake. ]
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Even knowing what she does about the coin, her instincts make her struggle to trust in the magic and simply try to breathe once underwater. She can't help but hold her breath. Slight panic causes her to reach for the Doctor, though he's already ahead of her and she must conquer this herself. How to escape that mortal fear of drowning? What if she imagined it were the ocean? She had always wished to float down into the darkest depths of the sea, which is so close she can still hear it. If anything, the sound rings clearer down here. Let the lakes carry her there.
Her gasp is muffled by the water when she takes in a breath and goes against every instinct in her body. The result leads her panic into delight. Were they not on a dire mission, Vanessa might even laugh silently into the void of the lake. ]