[It's the first thing that makes it out of his mouth, even if he knows his priorities should be bigger than just being able to see what intends to rip him open and chew on his insides. Nate shifts uncomfortably - partly because of the wet pants thing, partly because it feels weird soliciting help outside someone's doorway like a vacuum salesman - and better explains:]
...I wanted to see what was at the bottom of the lake, but I got about twenty feet down and saw a shark the size of a school bus. And a shark with tentacles. I can't get to the bottom if I can't reach it without the local fauna taking a bite out of me, and there might be something down there.
You're the only people I know who might be willing to be an- uh, explosive diversion.
[With the kind of naive purity that no thirty-nine year-old adult man should be able to employ, Nate executes the most hangdog look he can manage.]
no subject
[It's the first thing that makes it out of his mouth, even if he knows his priorities should be bigger than just being able to see what intends to rip him open and chew on his insides. Nate shifts uncomfortably - partly because of the wet pants thing, partly because it feels weird soliciting help outside someone's doorway like a vacuum salesman - and better explains:]
...I wanted to see what was at the bottom of the lake, but I got about twenty feet down and saw a shark the size of a school bus. And a shark with tentacles. I can't get to the bottom if I can't reach it without the local fauna taking a bite out of me, and there might be something down there.
You're the only people I know who might be willing to be an- uh, explosive diversion.
[With the kind of naive purity that no thirty-nine year-old adult man should be able to employ, Nate executes the most hangdog look he can manage.]
I need help.