[The snake holding tight and glancing back is good enough for him, and for his lungs. He kicks back up to break through the choppy waves and gasp a breath.
Not much longer and hsn they can get the hell out of here, get this to Seimei, and then fucking stop for a second. The pain is a consistent, fiery ache, agitated with every movement through the salt water (and who knows what else water), even as it begins to smooth and ebb back towards the sea.
Checking again that the snake and it's visceral cargo are secure, he gets close enough to find a stumpy half-ladder at the dock's slip, old and soaked and half crusted with barnacles, but sturdy enough to work for hauling himself up and out of the water.]
Fuck. Everyone alive??
[He can see a flash of what he assumes to be koromaru-- Minato is bleeding, Akechi is reeling. The kid probably didn't hobble too far on his twisted leg. His own steps are staggered as he walks closer to the shoreline- half from the hissing wounds, half from his own shall grasp on what the hell is even happening-- but look, as long as they get this done, it's fine. They can recuperate after.]
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Not much longer and hsn they can get the hell out of here, get this to Seimei, and then fucking stop for a second. The pain is a consistent, fiery ache, agitated with every movement through the salt water (and who knows what else water), even as it begins to smooth and ebb back towards the sea.
Checking again that the snake and it's visceral cargo are secure, he gets close enough to find a stumpy half-ladder at the dock's slip, old and soaked and half crusted with barnacles, but sturdy enough to work for hauling himself up and out of the water.]
Fuck. Everyone alive??
[He can see a flash of what he assumes to be koromaru-- Minato is bleeding, Akechi is reeling. The kid probably didn't hobble too far on his twisted leg. His own steps are staggered as he walks closer to the shoreline- half from the hissing wounds, half from his own shall grasp on what the hell is even happening-- but look, as long as they get this done, it's fine. They can recuperate after.]