( This... is entirely unusual, utterly unorthodox, deplorably cumbersome.
It is also, he understands, aligning himself behind Red so that she might position the shield-debris against sound and currents, brilliant.
Some part of him, carrying a burden of protection and misplaced masculinity to the bitter last, considers offering assistance with the — artefact she carries single-handedly, for both their benefit. But then, it is never wise to intercede between a woman and her protection.
A few paces later, the decks begin to rattle, shaking, threatening more sound — only to settle, warning cast. He slips down, first to his knees, then clumsily to his belly, upheld largely by his elbows as he crosses the distance, crawling, approaching the first deep ruptures of wood.
He thinks, at first, peering in, he sees nothing but the waters that wait below. Then, slight movement. Rippling. A glint of... fin, then one of fangs, and — )
...sirens. ( In his experience, prior, not good. ) Likely sharp fanged. The holes in the deck will be our menace.
( As they are likeliest to be called down through them.
How charming that so many of them are littering the bloody deck. )
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( This... is entirely unusual, utterly unorthodox, deplorably cumbersome.
It is also, he understands, aligning himself behind Red so that she might position the shield-debris against sound and currents, brilliant.
Some part of him, carrying a burden of protection and misplaced masculinity to the bitter last, considers offering assistance with the — artefact she carries single-handedly, for both their benefit. But then, it is never wise to intercede between a woman and her protection.
A few paces later, the decks begin to rattle, shaking, threatening more sound — only to settle, warning cast. He slips down, first to his knees, then clumsily to his belly, upheld largely by his elbows as he crosses the distance, crawling, approaching the first deep ruptures of wood.
He thinks, at first, peering in, he sees nothing but the waters that wait below. Then, slight movement. Rippling. A glint of... fin, then one of fangs, and — )
...sirens. ( In his experience, prior, not good. ) Likely sharp fanged. The holes in the deck will be our menace.
( As they are likeliest to be called down through them.
How charming that so many of them are littering the bloody deck. )