[ he has two options: flee (tempting), or do what he meant to do (not as tempting). but there's a third option, creeping up on him, and that's to stay.
he shouldn't stay.
so clearly that means he pushes himself upward, head and shoulders breaking through the surface of the water. the gills along his neck seal up so that he can continue to breathe properly, the scales along his jaw and neck taking the reflections off the surface of the water to sparkle themselves.
and he tilts his head, curiously, eyes slightly narrowing. ]
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he shouldn't stay.
so clearly that means he pushes himself upward, head and shoulders breaking through the surface of the water. the gills along his neck seal up so that he can continue to breathe properly, the scales along his jaw and neck taking the reflections off the surface of the water to sparkle themselves.
and he tilts his head, curiously, eyes slightly narrowing. ]
I should make you forget. Why don't I want to?