[He nods firmly, certainly not intending to mess up with something so serious as this.]
You be careful too. The bank will probably be slippery.
[But he's going to just have to trust her to do so and do her part, because he is hurrying now to the river and splashing right in.
He keeps his feet until he can't, and then it's all smooth strokes and the front stroke as hard as he can towards that cat in the middle of the river. It's not an easy swim, but it's also not as terrifying as the ocean--and the difficulty makes him stay completely focused, instead of thinking of Haruka on the ground, half-dead from this very river.
He makes it to the branch and grabs on, taking a moment to breathe, and then reaches for the kitten. Alright, this'll get tricky...
But at least the kitten remembers him and thus doesn't fight back when he reaches for it, grabbing it carefully and edging along the branch to try to get closer without submerging the both of them.]
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You be careful too. The bank will probably be slippery.
[But he's going to just have to trust her to do so and do her part, because he is hurrying now to the river and splashing right in.
He keeps his feet until he can't, and then it's all smooth strokes and the front stroke as hard as he can towards that cat in the middle of the river. It's not an easy swim, but it's also not as terrifying as the ocean--and the difficulty makes him stay completely focused, instead of thinking of Haruka on the ground, half-dead from this very river.
He makes it to the branch and grabs on, taking a moment to breathe, and then reaches for the kitten. Alright, this'll get tricky...
But at least the kitten remembers him and thus doesn't fight back when he reaches for it, grabbing it carefully and edging along the branch to try to get closer without submerging the both of them.]