[It is a less confident sound than he would like, a quiet murmur that he can’t quite get out all the way. He did not need to tell her his feelings on that notion. Already, a painful knot was tying itself in his chest and worming its way up his throat. All he can think of is their early time in this waterlogged hole, the way her breath had sounded in his ear —
His fists tighten reflexively as he turns his back to her, only to find that he has no real retreat in the small space. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, nowhere to sit and steel himself.]
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[It is a less confident sound than he would like, a quiet murmur that he can’t quite get out all the way. He did not need to tell her his feelings on that notion. Already, a painful knot was tying itself in his chest and worming its way up his throat. All he can think of is their early time in this waterlogged hole, the way her breath had sounded in his ear —
His fists tighten reflexively as he turns his back to her, only to find that he has no real retreat in the small space. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, nowhere to sit and steel himself.]
Or perhaps we will simply drown here.