[Tim followed Majima into the water, hesitating just a little when it started to get past his knees. He'd rarely had to go into water that was deeper than his ankles, and that was usually only when there was a storm on his homeworld and the street flooded. Elpis didn't have liquid water at all, and Pandora... well, you didn't want to go very deep, because here there be threshers.]
[...There wasn't anything dangerous in the water, right? Majima totally wouldn't have taken him in if there was something that could eat him. Right?]
Um. [He listened to Majima's directions, but, like. Press X to doubt.] Okay, I guess.
[Tim tried to follow those instructions to the letter, trust what his boyfriend was telling him. He took a breath, held it, and leaned back, trying to get his legs up to float on the surface. And]
[immediately sank.]
[He flailed to get his legs back underneath him, because, well. He was sinking.]
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Date: 2019-07-20 09:18 pm (UTC)[...There wasn't anything dangerous in the water, right? Majima totally wouldn't have taken him in if there was something that could eat him. Right?]
Um. [He listened to Majima's directions, but, like. Press X to doubt.] Okay, I guess.
[Tim tried to follow those instructions to the letter, trust what his boyfriend was telling him. He took a breath, held it, and leaned back, trying to get his legs up to float on the surface. And]
[immediately sank.]
[He flailed to get his legs back underneath him, because, well. He was sinking.]