>>5980194>>5980191>Get the hell out of here! You don't need any help and you're just fine swimming along on your own!Even if there weren't the issue of being a superhuman yourself, and a villain at that so opposed to any hero, you're still not sure that you'd accept any help like this. Being suddenly surprised by some shark-monster hybrid person out at sea (well, offshore), even if you were just a normal person you'd probably be too freaked out to go along with her offer.
<span class="mu-b">"N-No! I don't want your help, leave me alone!"</span>
<span class="mu-r">"Hmph! Fine, but when you start drowning I'll be back to save your ass! See if you're grateful then..."</span>
To her credit she even tries to take you in her arms to carry you with her, probably (correctly) assuming you're too distressed to be in your right mind to accept her help. But you continue to insistently refuse her, and push against to break free of her hold. Finally getting the message even if she doesn't accept it, the shark-woman leaves you in a huff then, to continue swimming on your own.
Worryingly though she made clear her intention to not abandon you, and assumedly will remain within swimming distance? In case you should actually start to falter and drown, and need help. This is terribly bothersome for you since it's going to make the rest of your return journey swimming, that much more difficult. Not wanting to give away your superhuman nature, now any time you consider or have the opportunity to stretch yourself in any way, you have to dunk your head under and try to peer with difficulty through the ocean waters and make sure Riptide isn't lingering within sight distance of you... and that's just assuming she can only see as far as you can, if she has some extended visual sense underwater then there's no avoiding it!
But you don't really have a lot of options otherwise, since if you had to rely on just your own fitness without any stretching at all, then you actually would be at risk of drowning and pretty quick probably. Especially at the distance you still have to go.
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