The blast of water is enough to finally shake his mind free of her hold, the realization that he was drowning now coming in full force. The stab of the burns, with the blood still clouding around his leg were all the more evident, and the peaceful demeanor shatters into a mesh of flailing and muffled screams.

He doesn't even realize it's his friend grasping for his hand, keeping him down - the soldier just starts kicking at whatever's still anchoring him to the ocean's depths, desperate to come up for air.