[ This, he thinks, is why they have things like life jackets and life preservers easily accessible on ships. It's a little surreal to be in a situation where all those safety procedures are really necessary. This is almost like being in a plane as it crashes, and realizing that all those steps they show you right at the beginning of take off could really save someone.
Once he's sure she's not going to slip and fall, Jim hops off the side of the ferry and into the dark water below. He disappears over his head for the second time today, though this time, thankfully of his own volition. He takes a breath when he pops back up, shaking his fringe out of his face and kicking closer to the hull, putting one hand up on the wood. ]
Okay. Come on.
[ He offers his free hand up to her, ready to use his arm to ease her trajectory into the chilly water, to use his own body as a brace and prevent her going under the way he just had. ]
Sit down on the edge there, I'll catch you. Careful not to drop our lanterns.
[ The last thing they need is for her to slip and fall, to panic, and for both lamps to land in the lake and kill them both quicker than a blink. ]
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Once he's sure she's not going to slip and fall, Jim hops off the side of the ferry and into the dark water below. He disappears over his head for the second time today, though this time, thankfully of his own volition. He takes a breath when he pops back up, shaking his fringe out of his face and kicking closer to the hull, putting one hand up on the wood. ]
Okay. Come on.
[ He offers his free hand up to her, ready to use his arm to ease her trajectory into the chilly water, to use his own body as a brace and prevent her going under the way he just had. ]
Sit down on the edge there, I'll catch you. Careful not to drop our lanterns.
[ The last thing they need is for her to slip and fall, to panic, and for both lamps to land in the lake and kill them both quicker than a blink. ]