>>5840099Dry land or at least its rocky cousin greeted you, were you not so exhausted you might have kissed it instead you settled for a lazy embrace of sorts, hazily you felt something sharp cutting your palm, you knew the idol was cracked and cursed yourself for damaging it, what passed for its head had cracked in half making it less than a horror giving it an heir or permanency that relieved some small part of you while the rest cursed you for spurning her gift so soon after it, you hoped she would forgive you if you saw her again.
The water was close and a danger but it took all that you had to drag, limp and crawl off the rocks and onto the stoney sand where you collapsed with what could only be combination of a sob, grunt and groan, the sand was rough and uncomfortable but a relief to what could have only been hours of swimming, your conciousness abandoned you quickly as you pulled the haft of Crab's claw close as you curled close, you thought you saw torches on the rocks as thought faded from you....
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