But suddenly the roar of the waves drowned out Vali's words as icy spray stung his face. The water's unnatural rise sent a primal shiver down his spine, like facing a predator far beyond his strength."
And then the wall of water rose above him again. The current sucked it off of the beach as Lugh gathered it up once again. Vali ran out of the water but it grabbed ahold of him in an instant.
He punched at the waves and gurgled as he fought the current that strove to pull him under. His fur was weighed down; he spent more time under the water than out of it and his eyes and throat burned as water had gone up his nose.
The water had become a living thing.
The water didn't just crash—it reached for him, clawing at his limbs like it had a mind of its own, cold and unrelenting.
It made every attempt to drown Vali as if a sinister puppeteer were plotting against him and then as quickly as it began, it stopped.
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-Moments before-
