Shhhh everyone knows that water pressure is optional on Caido, silly! Just ask any of the Merfolk!
But maybe don't ask Tal. He wouldn't know the answer and if he did he couldn't easily communicate it while breathing water - which made his chest feel weirdly full and heavy, unless the magic worked some other way, in which case it was all just psychosomatic and still felt uncomfortable to the courier.
The only thing that made it even slightly okay was that Koa was with him and Tal was lightly barnacled to his wingman as the wonders of the Underwater City unfolded around them.
If he'd been smart he would have put a child leash on either himself or the Dragoon to help keep them together, but alas, hindsight was perfect and Tal, decidedly, was not. All he could do was respond to Koa's tugging with a few blorped bubbles of his own and then a look of confused amazement as he caught sight of the merwhale.
Which, following it - them? - seemed kind of rude, but he wasn't about to let Koa leave him behind! So Tal put his legs to use and kicked after his friend in a desperate thrashing that produced something resembling forward thrust. It was enough to keep them moving deeper into the twists and turns of the City and its spires began to rise above them, even as shadowed grottos came into view near the mouths of decidedly less-magical alleyways down at the level of the seafloor.
But maybe don't ask Tal. He wouldn't know the answer and if he did he couldn't easily communicate it while breathing water - which made his chest feel weirdly full and heavy, unless the magic worked some other way, in which case it was all just psychosomatic and still felt uncomfortable to the courier.
The only thing that made it even slightly okay was that Koa was with him and Tal was lightly barnacled to his wingman as the wonders of the Underwater City unfolded around them.
If he'd been smart he would have put a child leash on either himself or the Dragoon to help keep them together, but alas, hindsight was perfect and Tal, decidedly, was not. All he could do was respond to Koa's tugging with a few blorped bubbles of his own and then a look of confused amazement as he caught sight of the merwhale.
Which, following it - them? - seemed kind of rude, but he wasn't about to let Koa leave him behind! So Tal put his legs to use and kicked after his friend in a desperate thrashing that produced something resembling forward thrust. It was enough to keep them moving deeper into the twists and turns of the City and its spires began to rise above them, even as shadowed grottos came into view near the mouths of decidedly less-magical alleyways down at the level of the seafloor.
