[Despite Shadowheart's best inadvertent efforts to sink herself in a panic, her life vest keeps her afloat long enough that, eventually, her hand slaps against the side of the boat. Once it finally sinks in that she's not drowning – though she has swallowed, and possibly inhaled, a mouthful or two of river water – she stops flailing and clings for dear life to the side of the boat.]
There's nothing under my feet! I can't feel the bottom.
[For all she knows, there could be an empty, yawning abyss beneath her full of sea monsters.
Scratch, having failed to catch his fish, doggy paddles easily back to shore, shakes himself off, and turns to watch.]
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There's nothing under my feet! I can't feel the bottom.
[For all she knows, there could be an empty, yawning abyss beneath her full of sea monsters.
Scratch, having failed to catch his fish, doggy paddles easily back to shore, shakes himself off, and turns to watch.]