"Sah!" A quieter yell, just a half second behind and overlapping Delia's cry as any satisfaction from his score across the shark's fin was washed away in blood.
Angry and scared as he was, Tal wasn't stupid enough to dive off the platform a second time now that the consequences of their actions had been made so painfully clear. And he wasn't quite desperate enough to throw away his only remaining weapon in a fit of rage and desperate vengeance, either.
Well... not exactly, at least.
He grabbed the coil of slender rope at his belt and looped a quick knot over the head and haft of his axe, then hefted the weapon in both hands. The balance wasn't right for throwing, but he'd had lots of practice and the weight of the weapon was far more dangerous then the lighter axes he'd used earlier. With one end of the rope looped loosely through his belt he waited for the shark to appear again before throwing the weapon with all his might - and being ready to grab the rope and yank it free (hopefully) before the shark submerged again.
Or to pull the loop of rope on his belt loose to let it go if it looked like he was proper fucked.
Tal ties his rope to his axe and readies to throw the bigger weapon at the shark when it shows itself, so he can pull the weapon back and not lose it! ... But is also ready to just let the rope go if it looks like he's about to get pulled off the platform.
Angry and scared as he was, Tal wasn't stupid enough to dive off the platform a second time now that the consequences of their actions had been made so painfully clear. And he wasn't quite desperate enough to throw away his only remaining weapon in a fit of rage and desperate vengeance, either.
Well... not exactly, at least.
He grabbed the coil of slender rope at his belt and looped a quick knot over the head and haft of his axe, then hefted the weapon in both hands. The balance wasn't right for throwing, but he'd had lots of practice and the weight of the weapon was far more dangerous then the lighter axes he'd used earlier. With one end of the rope looped loosely through his belt he waited for the shark to appear again before throwing the weapon with all his might - and being ready to grab the rope and yank it free (hopefully) before the shark submerged again.
Or to pull the loop of rope on his belt loose to let it go if it looked like he was proper fucked.
Tal ties his rope to his axe and readies to throw the bigger weapon at the shark when it shows itself, so he can pull the weapon back and not lose it! ... But is also ready to just let the rope go if it looks like he's about to get pulled off the platform.
