Ankyra Sound Waltzing the waves,

Damn, this lady was hard.

Sunhawk crawled another inch or two before the roaring protest of his ribs forced him to stop. He sat up, cheeks puffy and red.

Umbra was marching her sauceboat right off the shore and he could do puff-all.

"Don't you know about that chinese proverb?" Sunhawk called after her hopelessly. "You save a life, and you're responsible for that life for the rest of your life." Sunhawk tried to grin, but every part of him hurt so splendidly he felt like he was taking a lava-bath. "Those chinese folks have a twisted sense of humor, don't they? Plus, I'd make an awful ghost. I never shut up in real life, imagine the racket I'd make if I died at the hands of a band of seagulls. You'd never hear the end of that injustice."