That is to say, die cold and alone in an impossibly endless darkness. Another thing, funnily enough, not on Slick's to-do list.
He spent another few seconds wondering where this water had even come from. Alternia was a bit of a wasteland, and this seemed to be pretty deep, judging by the expanse of dark and nothing extending beneath his feet. Great. Finally get off that rock, and get dropped right in some kind of sea of bullshit. This is precisely what he wanted to be doing with his time.
His senses lurched again, forcibly reminding him of a number of unfortunate things. The first of which being that he was still under the fucking water, the second of which being that he wasn't even sure he knew how to swim (one forgets these things after spending centuries in a desert), and the third of which being that his hat had come off and was attempting to drift away. True to his keen survival instincts, Slick thrashed wildly in the water, making unsuccessful grabs at his hat until he finally caught it and shoved it inside his coat for
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He spent another few seconds wondering where this water had even come from. Alternia was a bit of a wasteland, and this seemed to be pretty deep, judging by the expanse of dark and nothing extending beneath his feet. Great. Finally get off that rock, and get dropped right in some kind of sea of bullshit. This is precisely what he wanted to be doing with his time.
His senses lurched again, forcibly reminding him of a number of unfortunate things. The first of which being that he was still under the fucking water, the second of which being that he wasn't even sure he knew how to swim (one forgets these things after spending centuries in a desert), and the third of which being that his hat had come off and was attempting to drift away. True to his keen survival instincts, Slick thrashed wildly in the water, making unsuccessful grabs at his hat until he finally caught it and shoved it inside his coat for ( ... )
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