[ It probably doesn't hear him, in its abrupt dive into the water. But it doesn't really matter, in the end. They have less of it than either one of them estimates, before things start to go sideways.
The impact of SecUnit hitting the water doesn't create enough of a wave to upset the iceberg, but the dark, angular shadow passing just beneath it does, as it abruptly changes course and starts to make a beeline for the new body in the water. Arcade only has a second to react, rolling toward his glasses as they skitter across the ice. At least they're falling toward him, away from the edge - but at the same time, that edge is rising up out of the water at a startling tilt.
Water splashes over it and Arcade as the ice crashes back down against the lake's surface, making it even harder to find a grip as he's rocked violently back and forth. ]
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[ It probably doesn't hear him, in its abrupt dive into the water. But it doesn't really matter, in the end. They have less of it than either one of them estimates, before things start to go sideways.
The impact of SecUnit hitting the water doesn't create enough of a wave to upset the iceberg, but the dark, angular shadow passing just beneath it does, as it abruptly changes course and starts to make a beeline for the new body in the water. Arcade only has a second to react, rolling toward his glasses as they skitter across the ice. At least they're falling toward him, away from the edge - but at the same time, that edge is rising up out of the water at a startling tilt.
Water splashes over it and Arcade as the ice crashes back down against the lake's surface, making it even harder to find a grip as he's rocked violently back and forth. ]