before those hands pulled me from the earth

@Atlas Wheeling Gull Isle: Outrider threadv2

Caiaphas reared her ugly head, staring out into the bleak and choppy ocean where she saw, a great swim away, several half-hidden islands that seemed to flutter in the murky spume. She weighed her options -- unlike Claire, Caiaphas was not afraid of drowning -- and casting one furtive look towards the strand, she threw herself into a headlong gallop and crashed into the sea.

Cold -- radiating cold. It seized her bones and swelled up her lungs. She clawed onwards, swimming with hellbent purpose. Her claws, before long, no longer touched the sand -- and with determination she plodded heavily on sodden and miserable.

Her efforts were rewarded when once more her claws felt purchase and she dragged herself wearily towards the shore of the undiscovered island. Inquisitive, but with her stamina woefully spent, the wretch dragged herself ashore and lay there, sides heaving with the enormity of her efforts.

Title: Hozier - Like Real People Do