“Come on!” I called to her. “Let go. You’re just going to slide down the side and end up in the water. You won’t hurt yourself.” You might teach us some Aghyrian swear words.
“No.”
“I’m coming out,” Reida said, now sounding urgent. He managed to get out while Lilona was still hanging onto the edge. “I think they’re inside. Come on.” The latter to Lilona.
“No!”
“Freaking let go. You’re the least likely to hurt yourself. You’re the tallest of us!”
But she was paralysed with fear.
Reida grabbed her hands and forced them off the ledge. She managed to grab onto his legs to stop herself sliding down.
“No!” she screamed. “No!”
Reida let go, and the two of them slid unceremoniously down the side of the tube into the water. Reida quickly scrambled to his feet, cursing and wiping his hands o
