The battle between the heavy hitters was well worth watching, and the Tidebreaker had drifted back to the beach chairs to enjoy his remaining time among the spectators when things continued to be more exciting than anyone had anticipated.
It seemed like no sooner was Seren up than Melita was down and down hard enough that Hadama felt the tide rush out beneath his proverbial fins. Her family sped over and the Tidebreaker stood back, having nothing with which to assist that would make a difference. He nodded quiet agreement to Flora's words, throat too tight to speak.
And then Ronin was there and Melita was sitting up and the water rushed back beneath him, washing over gills gone dry with formless dread--
Well. Not gills at the moment, but close enough. He could breathe again, and he breathed a deep and grateful sigh of relief. "Wish me luck," he murmured to his co-ruler with an emerald glance that conveyed a great deal about heading off to face the man who had just accidentally killed Mel.
It seemed like no sooner was Seren up than Melita was down and down hard enough that Hadama felt the tide rush out beneath his proverbial fins. Her family sped over and the Tidebreaker stood back, having nothing with which to assist that would make a difference. He nodded quiet agreement to Flora's words, throat too tight to speak.
And then Ronin was there and Melita was sitting up and the water rushed back beneath him, washing over gills gone dry with formless dread--
Well. Not gills at the moment, but close enough. He could breathe again, and he breathed a deep and grateful sigh of relief. "Wish me luck," he murmured to his co-ruler with an emerald glance that conveyed a great deal about heading off to face the man who had just accidentally killed Mel.
