[ Depression hours... It's so easy to lose time while at the beach, scrunching your toes in the sand, listening to the waves, fending off seagulls trying to take your lunch.
For as much as he was looking forward to the beach, Hanako just sort of stands there at the shore, letting the waves wash over his bare feet and soaking his long pants because he is not at all dressed for the occasion. ]
You starfish if you want to float in place. Otherwise you kick and use your arms to move because the propulsion should keep you afloat. As long as you don’t go too deep.
Okay. And then what? You're floating in the middle of the ocean and all you see around you is water. You have no food and you can't manifest apples, and it's quickly getting cold and dark. What do you do?
There's no boats nearby, and you don't have a phone or flares or anything to contact the outside world with. It's only you and the ocean, the dark clouds above heralding a storm...
Maybe you could befriend the shark? They're pretty intelligent creatures, not mindless body chompers. Then the shark could help you find your way back to land!
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she will wave when she sees hanako though. ]
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For as much as he was looking forward to the beach, Hanako just sort of stands there at the shore, letting the waves wash over his bare feet and soaking his long pants because he is not at all dressed for the occasion. ]
Tama, can you swim?
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… I’ve never really thought about it. Uhh, I know the principle but I’ve never actually swum…?
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looks up quickly ]
At least you'll be able to float.
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[ baps him on the head. ]
But not because of that.
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It's fine. It was worth it. ]
At least partly because of that?
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[ HANAKO ]
You have to spread out your body mass — that’s why it’s easier to float when you’re starfished!
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Okay, so you swim by starfishing—
[ spreads his arms out wide, widens his stance ]
And then kick...?
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You starfish if you want to float in place. Otherwise you kick and use your arms to move because the propulsion should keep you afloat. As long as you don’t go too deep.
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[ making mental notes. he is definitely going to use this knowledge later when he pushes Nimona into the ocean and yells at her to starfish herself ]
What do you do when it's too deep?
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Hopefully you won’t be in that position anyway, because treading water is trying. But really, you’ve gotta let yourself float.
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Hope that someone called a lifeboat or that there's a boat nearby...
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[ ... ]
And then, there's a shark!!
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