42As Cryssa parted her lips, fully expecting the sea water to rush in, she felt something press against them. Her eyes shot open in surprise.
She saw Seek looking back at her.
His snout was pressed tight against her mouth. As she stared at him, he blew a stream of air from his own lungs into hers.
Cryssa's chest expanded. When her lungs were full, she broke away from Seek, holding the precious air inside her.
Once again, he had saved her life.
Seek pointed his snout upward, then, and Cryssa understood. Now that he had depleted his own air supply, they had to get to the surface as fast as possible.
Cryssa climbed onto his back, looping her arms around him and hooking her ankles behind his back fin. As soon as she was in place, Seek began to climb toward the open air.
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