[ They can feed off each other's energy. He breaks the surface first, and yet... remains a sea monster, his head bobbing above water as she comes to, even as her hand transforms back to normal. He doesn't let go of her other one as he peers around them, then points with his free hand as soon as he spots land. ]
There!
[ Then... surprisingly, perhaps, tugs them both back underwater, knowing he's able to swim faster when submerged, but shoots horizontally off in the direction of shore. Grin still in place, though, he spins around and finally releases her hand again. ]
Hey— check this out!
[ And dives a short zip deeper, just to gain speed and distance to shoot out of the water at a greater height, leaping through the air above. Through the ripples he causes, there is a vague... change, as he'd alluded to, as he's flying splayed out overhead, but it's hard to see clearly, and when he crashes back into the water, he's a sea monster just as he's been all along. But he's laughing. ]
C'mon, you try it! Jump! We're almost to the shore!
[ As in— this is your last chance to play around as a sea monster! Him? Not so much. He seems fine... But hasn't he acted as much this whole time? ]
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There!
[ Then... surprisingly, perhaps, tugs them both back underwater, knowing he's able to swim faster when submerged, but shoots horizontally off in the direction of shore. Grin still in place, though, he spins around and finally releases her hand again. ]
Hey— check this out!
[ And dives a short zip deeper, just to gain speed and distance to shoot out of the water at a greater height, leaping through the air above. Through the ripples he causes, there is a vague... change, as he'd alluded to, as he's flying splayed out overhead, but it's hard to see clearly, and when he crashes back into the water, he's a sea monster just as he's been all along. But he's laughing. ]
C'mon, you try it! Jump! We're almost to the shore!
[ As in— this is your last chance to play around as a sea monster! Him? Not so much. He seems fine... But hasn't he acted as much this whole time? ]