[Rocket makes a second bag and starts relocating mewling flying cats that didn't already fly off of the boat into it, before getting the attention of the remaining children with a shout.]
Stop whining, you're not dying. You- [He grumbles, shoving the squirming sack into the arms of one of the taller kids.] If I can swim to shore so can you. I bet you can wade half the way there. Come on. Hold hands like your parents are making you daisy chain through the market. Don't let go and keep moving for the shore. No splashing around like you ain't ever learned to swim. You live by a river.
[He catches on to Daud's movements pretty quickly though, having Lylla escort the ones getting into the water while he keeps the ones who actually can't swim in one spot at the center of the boat.]
Don't squirm around or he might drop you into the nothing between. [His comment is not helpful in that it makes a few kids wail, but at least they huddle in one place instead of stumbling over each other.]
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Stop whining, you're not dying. You- [He grumbles, shoving the squirming sack into the arms of one of the taller kids.] If I can swim to shore so can you. I bet you can wade half the way there. Come on. Hold hands like your parents are making you daisy chain through the market. Don't let go and keep moving for the shore. No splashing around like you ain't ever learned to swim. You live by a river.
[He catches on to Daud's movements pretty quickly though, having Lylla escort the ones getting into the water while he keeps the ones who actually can't swim in one spot at the center of the boat.]
Don't squirm around or he might drop you into the nothing between. [His comment is not helpful in that it makes a few kids wail, but at least they huddle in one place instead of stumbling over each other.]