[He first spies the woman from a distance, and while certainly no one else seems to be venturing into the water, he thinks nothing of it for a moment. Yes, it's cold, but he personally prefers the cold, so maybe she does too.
There's a much darker possibility, alas, which doesn't occur to him until she's knee-deep and he hears her sob, at which point he draws the wrong conclusion. Maybe it says something about him that he immediately goes running to stop her before she does what he fears she's attempting to do, and drowns herself before his eyes.
Thus, her yelling is interrupted by someone splashing into the ocean behind her, slightly breathless.]
Don't-- [He begins.] They'll just bring you back. It's not worth the effort. [In time he'll notice the sealskin and recognize what it means, but not yet.]
2 Season of Light
There's a much darker possibility, alas, which doesn't occur to him until she's knee-deep and he hears her sob, at which point he draws the wrong conclusion. Maybe it says something about him that he immediately goes running to stop her before she does what he fears she's attempting to do, and drowns herself before his eyes.
Thus, her yelling is interrupted by someone splashing into the ocean behind her, slightly breathless.]
Don't-- [He begins.] They'll just bring you back. It's not worth the effort. [In time he'll notice the sealskin and recognize what it means, but not yet.]