[For context - seven men went missing. Marlow, a kelpie, says he took all seven, but only killed/ate two]
Roshan ground his teeth so hard it was audible from where I stood, and narrowed his eyes at Marlow. “Then where are they?”
“I told you. I took them under.” Marlow chuckled, sending shivers down my spine, and smiled that shark-toothed smile. “Grab on to my coat, manling, and I’ll take you under, too.”
The thought made me shudder, although I only half-understood why. I was all too able to imagine the bottom of what looked to be quite a deep river; the brownish water refracting the light, the grasping weed and silt of the river bottom, and that shark grin, those double-lidded eyes laughing at me as the air bubbled out of my lungs... With difficulty, I shook the idea off, and only then did I realise that Roshan – heroic, courageous, stupid Roshan – was actually stepping forwards. “If thou dostn’t bring them up, beast, then I’ll take thee up on that.”
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Roshan ground his teeth so hard it was audible from where I stood, and narrowed his eyes at Marlow. “Then where are they?”
“I told you. I took them under.” Marlow chuckled, sending shivers down my spine, and smiled that shark-toothed smile. “Grab on to my coat, manling, and I’ll take you under, too.”
The thought made me shudder, although I only half-understood why. I was all too able to imagine the bottom of what looked to be quite a deep river; the brownish water refracting the light, the grasping weed and silt of the river bottom, and that shark grin, those double-lidded eyes laughing at me as the air bubbled out of my lungs... With difficulty, I shook the idea off, and only then did I realise that Roshan – heroic, courageous, stupid Roshan – was actually stepping forwards. “If thou dostn’t bring them up, beast, then I’ll take thee up on that.”