While flying through disaster by the seat of his pants is nothing new, it doesn't make it any less harrowing. The water kicks like a mule and sends him careening forward into the cave. He bounces haphazardly off the wall in a swirl of water, and barely has the sense to scrabble for purchase before he's being tugged away again.

He only just manages a hand-hold and clings to the wall like it's his only lifeline. Which, for all he knows, it may very well be. Once he's stable, he whips around to look for Mo Xuanyu. Did he make it? How were they supposed to get out of here?