Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-34163681-20190109042805/@comment-36855838-20190109144921

Oh no, this can't be happening.

I suck at swimming, and I'm barely afloat now as it is.

"H-hi ladies! I have a f-feeling I know what you w-w-w-w-want, b-but I'm not a very g-good swimmer, could one of you brave, kind, nurturing women please help a p-poor man in need? I'll do whatever the one who g-gets me to shore unharmed wants."

Their eyes practically glaze over, but I see that the cold water has made all but the bunyip lethargic.

With her being closest as well, she has a major advantage, and she siezes it!

In a flash, I'm moved to shore.

Just as we arrive, I see a plain lamia sink like a stone.

"Honey! You gotta help them, they dodn't account for the freezing water!"

She whips around, and almost too fast to see, rushes off to save the others from drowning.

By the time she's returned, I've started a cooking fire, and begun preparing hot cocoa for our guests.

Once everybody's warmed up, we send them on their way, and retire to my cot in the covered wagon.

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By morning, my travels resume, a new companion in tow.