[still shaken and distracted, Rin's watching the corners intently now, far more than he had at the beginning of their scavenger hunt]
Sharks can smell blood in the water from miles away. We're a big red target.
[a kind of half-frantic tug on Karkat's arm, and Rin starts swimming back the way they came, only to realise he's not entirely sure which way is Out anymore. they'd gotten pretty deep into the structure, and with his pulse still hammering in his brain, everything is looking the same]
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[still shaken and distracted, Rin's watching the corners intently now, far more than he had at the beginning of their scavenger hunt]
Sharks can smell blood in the water from miles away. We're a big red target.
[a kind of half-frantic tug on Karkat's arm, and Rin starts swimming back the way they came, only to realise he's not entirely sure which way is Out anymore. they'd gotten pretty deep into the structure, and with his pulse still hammering in his brain, everything is looking the same]
[distractedly, it hits him]
You can't have an EVE without a WALL-E.