It was cold. Pintel had felt many degrees of cold in his long life. Winter cold, night cold, and cold water were some to name. But it was strange, now, feeling stone cold and welcoming it, no matter how depressing it was. Ragetti, his best mate, lay facing the wall some inches away, shoulder and chest moving up and down in a rhythmic pattern.
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It had been months of course, months of not hearing that raspy growl but he knew it the instant it his his ears. It was hard to forget, he'd head it so many times he knew it as well as he knew his own voice, somtimes better. The splashing, the heavy breathing, and that rasp were a givaway that he'd almost, almost, given up on hearing again.
Going rock still when he heard the voice, Ragetti searched the darkness as best he could. He didn't like going out at night very much, but he'd wanted to cklear his cluttered mind and as he searched and squinted at the deeply shadowed shorline, he spotted a silhoette he knew far too well.
"PINTEL." He screached instantly, eye going wide and mouth momentarily going slack before, "PINTEL, PINTEL, PINTEL, PIIIIIIIINNNNTEEEEEEELLLLL!!!!!" Forgetting everything, he made a mad dash down the sandy beach and launched himself at the older man, knocking them both straight back into the surf.
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"Whot took ye so long?"
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"Rags? Whot 'appened t'ye? How'd y'get 'ere?"
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"Are you alright?" He had to be a new arrival, Tosh was sure she'd have noticed this man around the island.
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