[ Lockwood was starting to feel frayed around the edges. It reminded him of how he'd felt after the fight in Kensal Green Cemetery, the last stand against the Golden Blade and then Bickerstaff. Now, as then, he wanted nothing more than to lay down and rest. Now, as then, that wasn't an option.
His lighter form, and a bit of quick footwork, had kept him out of the water initially but now he stepped down beside Lan Wangji, drawing the silver tipped rapier. The movement of the water, stirred by the grotesque and rotting corpses, drew his attention but otherwise didn't appear to bother the youth. Even when a half decomposed hand slipped passed, fingers caressing his pant leg as if to grab hold, Lockwood did little more than shift his ankle to nudge the appendage away.
He did not expect to be able to do that with every single body sunk beneath these horrid depths. ]
If it's all the same to you [ he began in a voice that was a gravel like with exhaustion ] I'd rather wait for them to start the fight. I doubt we'll have to wait long.
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His lighter form, and a bit of quick footwork, had kept him out of the water initially but now he stepped down beside Lan Wangji, drawing the silver tipped rapier. The movement of the water, stirred by the grotesque and rotting corpses, drew his attention but otherwise didn't appear to bother the youth. Even when a half decomposed hand slipped passed, fingers caressing his pant leg as if to grab hold, Lockwood did little more than shift his ankle to nudge the appendage away.
He did not expect to be able to do that with every single body sunk beneath these horrid depths. ]
If it's all the same to you [ he began in a voice that was a gravel like with exhaustion ] I'd rather wait for them to start the fight. I doubt we'll have to wait long.