Tal cared about the vest, but at the moment he was caring about getting oxygen into his lungs a lot more. For better or worse, however, the magical garment was firmly attached to him and not coming off any time soon - certainly not while a glotter had deemed him part of the package deal.
It must have been his sparkling personality.
The glotter was going down, not across the water, so Lilly and Pad didn't bother it, but Sah's swift swimming - without having to battle a struggling human bigger than he was - was able to catch up, placing him conveniently close enough for Tal's grasping hand to latch onto the hunter, panicked fingers holding tight as his downward progress stalled but his vision began to go grey and hazy at the edges as his chest burned with fire in spite of the water surrounding him.
The glotter tugged against the humans and then eeled over Tal's shoulder to try and bite at Sah's fingers in possessive frustration, black eyes glittering with greed and annoyance at being denied the shiny thing it wanted.
It must have been his sparkling personality.
The glotter was going down, not across the water, so Lilly and Pad didn't bother it, but Sah's swift swimming - without having to battle a struggling human bigger than he was - was able to catch up, placing him conveniently close enough for Tal's grasping hand to latch onto the hunter, panicked fingers holding tight as his downward progress stalled but his vision began to go grey and hazy at the edges as his chest burned with fire in spite of the water surrounding him.
The glotter tugged against the humans and then eeled over Tal's shoulder to try and bite at Sah's fingers in possessive frustration, black eyes glittering with greed and annoyance at being denied the shiny thing it wanted.
