[Serph sees Walter -- was his hair always like that...? -- but is now faced with a dilemma. Is Walter... drowning? Walter can't swim, after all...
But if Serph keeps swimming, then he'll lead the demon straight into Walter, which would be bad. But if Serph swims in a different direction, that leaves Walter as the target, and demons are more likely to go after the weaker and less troublesome targets first, after all...
They're very close to the edge of the mosasaurus' unmarked 'territory' -- an area that expands when one has travelled too deeply in the mosasaurus' territory -- where the demon tends to give up chase, so Serph opts for continuing towards Walter. If he gets close enough, he fully intends to reach out and grab Walter to drag him along--]
it could be bad sometimes!!
But if Serph keeps swimming, then he'll lead the demon straight into Walter, which would be bad. But if Serph swims in a different direction, that leaves Walter as the target, and demons are more likely to go after the weaker and less troublesome targets first, after all...
They're very close to the edge of the mosasaurus' unmarked 'territory' -- an area that expands when one has travelled too deeply in the mosasaurus' territory -- where the demon tends to give up chase, so Serph opts for continuing towards Walter. If he gets close enough, he fully intends to reach out and grab Walter to drag him along--]