[When the pain stops, his first reaction is overwhelming, intense relief. Once the strange, almost living quality of his blood recovers, it tries to repair the damage on its own as well. But when the relief is enough for human thought to resurface through animal instinct, Natsuno's second reaction is alarm. The pain is gone, but he's in the water with the girl still touching him, messing with him, and then there's water in his throat and it feels like dying all over again -
She pulls him out. The water in his wind pipe is gone, but he coughs anyway.]
...the hell -
[Another cough. Natsuno tries to stand and grabs Amy with his other hand to steady himself.]
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She pulls him out. The water in his wind pipe is gone, but he coughs anyway.]
...the hell -
[Another cough. Natsuno tries to stand and grabs Amy with his other hand to steady himself.]
Dry land. Now.