008. [Voice.]
[A lot of wet splashing around and heavy, sickly wheezing. Hojo's teeth are obviously chattering hard. He's an old man, damn it. He's not built for this channel-crossing Olympic swimming horseshit.]
Irritating. I s-suppose the one advantage worth noting is that these devices are waterproofed.
[There's more splashing and rambling while Hojo beats his way along in his waterlogged clothes, trying to get to safer ground. Eventually he pauses and audibly holds his breath, standing still in the water. After a good thirty seconds of silence he slowly, quietly starts wading in another direction.]
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Natives. I have questions.
Reno, Sasuke. It's time you both fulfilled your sides of our bargain. You have a duty to protect me; at present, you're performing inadequately.
I'll die of hypothermia before I see use out of either of you, at this rate.
[More annoyed muttering follows, and it switches off.]
Irritating. I s-suppose the one advantage worth noting is that these devices are waterproofed.
[There's more splashing and rambling while Hojo beats his way along in his waterlogged clothes, trying to get to safer ground. Eventually he pauses and audibly holds his breath, standing still in the water. After a good thirty seconds of silence he slowly, quietly starts wading in another direction.]
...
Natives. I have questions.
Reno, Sasuke. It's time you both fulfilled your sides of our bargain. You have a duty to protect me; at present, you're performing inadequately.
I'll die of hypothermia before I see use out of either of you, at this rate.
[More annoyed muttering follows, and it switches off.]