[He sees the smile through the murky water, squinting with incomprehension, but all of that slides away as he's pulled forward by that unnaturally powerful momentum. Cain didn't even know somebody could swim so well; he wants to ask about it, but he doesn't have the mental wherewithal after what he had just endured, let alone the ability to speak underwater.
Unprepared for the next assault, he makes a choked gurgling sound of shock and protest as the other boy gets between them, making himself the most immediate target. Sound is far away and muffled—still, he can almost hear the sound of flesh tearing, something dark clouding the water from a source he can't see, everything confused and turned around as soon as the chaos of movement happens. Unthinking and acting only on instinct, he kicks another leg out in the direction of that black shape beneath them, feeling the sole of his foot to come into contact with something firm and slippery.
They're free again, and this time Cain is also desperately trying to kick his way to the surface while clinging to his savior. As soon as heads break through lake water, he's gasping to breathe normally, hair pasted across his eyes.]
What—the fuck— [half-choking, lungs an after-burn even now that he isn't drowning,] who… are you…
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Unprepared for the next assault, he makes a choked gurgling sound of shock and protest as the other boy gets between them, making himself the most immediate target. Sound is far away and muffled—still, he can almost hear the sound of flesh tearing, something dark clouding the water from a source he can't see, everything confused and turned around as soon as the chaos of movement happens. Unthinking and acting only on instinct, he kicks another leg out in the direction of that black shape beneath them, feeling the sole of his foot to come into contact with something firm and slippery.
They're free again, and this time Cain is also desperately trying to kick his way to the surface while clinging to his savior. As soon as heads break through lake water, he's gasping to breathe normally, hair pasted across his eyes.]
What—the fuck— [half-choking, lungs an after-burn even now that he isn't drowning,] who… are you…