He could hear
"Jigano. I am going to dive. If I do not resurface do not come after me, friend. It is not worth two deaths." This dramatic command given (he had always been prone to drama) Bastien took a deep breath and sunk down into the water, forcing his eyes open despite the sting so that he could see the golden stone.
It was partially underneath a large black brick, fallen long ago from the roof. In pushing it aside, Bastien felt a stinging across the back of his hand but didn't care in the moment reaching for the stone as he felt the last of his air pushing in his lungs. As soon as it was in his grasp (it was smaller than he had imagined, just palm sized) he burst back up through the water.
"I have it!!" He announced with a triumphant shout, then looked up to the vine Rexanna had dropped. "Good job! You might want to tie it to something though! We are strapping men, yes?" In very good spirits now that he had found his goal, Bastien held it up to show Jigano then swam over to the vine and held onto the end, holding out an arm to clasp Jigano to his side.
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Jiganos bout to get lifted like a pretty princess~
Is Rexanna stronk enough to lift 2 grown men??
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