nice to sea you again

a gentle splash draws their attention as Strai joins them, and their gaze flits worriedly to his head wound. “are you feeling ok?” Spider asks, concern in their voice. “should you be resting?” if it turns out Strai needs further medical attention then they’ll have to go find some proper help; unfortunately their knowledge of medicine is essentially nonexistent.

“better,” they admit at Strai’s question, lips taking on a wry twist. “this was your plan all along, wasn’t it? pretend to drown so i’d have to save you.” their tone is teasing, an attempt at adding brevity to what had very neatly been a disastrous situation. they can’t even consider what might’ve happened if they hadn’t been able to save Strai; the very thought makes their stomach roil and bile crawl up their throat. “though maybe next time i’ll start with a shallow pool.” they definitely aren’t ocean-ready, that's for sure.