[Vyng tries not to worry about what's ahead. He continues to drift back and forth between the two currents — one safe, the other far more precarious — and changes his focus when needed. With each pass, he wills himself to spend less time with Water. Breathing is like inhaling glass now, far worse than it's ever been. He's at the precipice. He's so close...
And then he's swallowed whole.
Images and sensations rip through his mind and body: Wrists bound together. A ghastly elf — no, a monster — looming over him. An undead chimera of animal parts covered in moss and black glass. Eyes like river stones, pale and dull beneath translucent ice. A rattling gasp. Its mouth splits open to reveal the gaping maw of a glass-fanged viperfish. His heart pounds against his ribcage, every instincting tell him to run, but he's paralyzed—!
Suddenly, Vyng kicks one of his bare feet against the foot of the tub, as if trying to swim away. Steady streams of water cascade down the sides and onto the tiled floor...the same way a container would overflow if a faucet were left running well after reaching capacity.
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And then he's swallowed whole.
Images and sensations rip through his mind and body: Wrists bound together. A ghastly elf — no, a monster — looming over him. An undead chimera of animal parts covered in moss and black glass. Eyes like river stones, pale and dull beneath translucent ice. A rattling gasp. Its mouth splits open to reveal the gaping maw of a glass-fanged viperfish. His heart pounds against his ribcage, every instincting tell him to run, but he's paralyzed—!
Suddenly, Vyng kicks one of his bare feet against the foot of the tub, as if trying to swim away. Steady streams of water cascade down the sides and onto the tiled floor...the same way a container would overflow if a faucet were left running well after reaching capacity.
The dam is broken.]