saltier than the sea

The planets somehow aligned when Modesty took a chunk out of Deluge's flank. If she hadn't, the girl wouldn't have been headed to the beach, would have missed the crash of a small body hitting the water and the peals of laughter coming from another one. Ordinarily, Raider's pushing their siblings into the ocean was expected, but the thrashing and the laughter continued... until the thrashing went... quiet.

Breaking from the treeline, Deluge almost missed Gilda's mottled pelt against the rocks. She could see where Tide had gone in and fuck, it was right on the edge of a steep drop off. She didn't think twice before plunging into the frigid water, spotting the kid and dragging him back to shore. Fuck she couldn't even remember this one's name.“Righto Bait boy, yer alright...” she gave him a nudge to encourage him to cough up anything he might have swallowed in the struggle. “Stick with us now ey?”

“Speech”