[THIS IS CATRA'S WORST NIGHTMARE?? the airship being torn asunder, their parachute being ripped into shreds during their descent, and a much-higher-than-what-is-comfortable-even-for-a-cat plummet right into. . . a large expanse of water!! fuck her life, honestly. fuck it dearly]
[she hits the water hard, pain exploding once again over her leg as the bullet wound is aggravated and as a bone cracks in her arm. she is pretty sure some of her ribs are fractured too?? this sucks!! this sucks a lot!!]
[nevertheless. . . despite the pain, she scrambles to surface, gasping for air once her head breaks water and gulping it down like a thirsty camel in a desert even though the movement sends streaks of fire through her torso. she hears Claude's voice garbled by the water and manages to sputter out a response]
I'm-- fine! I'm okay!
[she is not but who is counting?? her leg is bleeding again!! and a fractured arm + bullet wound in the leg + possibly cracked ribs means swimming is hard, but she is somehow managing through the power of pure adrenaline. ISLAND, HERE WE COME]
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[she hits the water hard, pain exploding once again over her leg as the bullet wound is aggravated and as a bone cracks in her arm. she is pretty sure some of her ribs are fractured too?? this sucks!! this sucks a lot!!]
[nevertheless. . . despite the pain, she scrambles to surface, gasping for air once her head breaks water and gulping it down like a thirsty camel in a desert even though the movement sends streaks of fire through her torso. she hears Claude's voice garbled by the water and manages to sputter out a response]
I'm-- fine! I'm okay!
[she is not but who is counting?? her leg is bleeding again!! and a fractured arm + bullet wound in the leg + possibly cracked ribs means swimming is hard, but she is somehow managing through the power of pure adrenaline. ISLAND, HERE WE COME]
Are you?! Can you swim--?!