[shush, cook, he'll take on any and all weight necessary to keep them both alive. He can feel that hand bumping against his knuckles and turns his hand so the blade is facing away.]
Here. You got it. Right there.
[he still doesn't uncurl his fingers until he can feel that Sanji has a hold of the hilt, mainly because it's Kitetsu - the cursed sword doesn't just give its trust to anyone. Good, now he has use of his arms as well, though they're already cramped from exertion, right down to his fingers.
A toss of his head lets him look around. Hm, burning ship over there, that's not it. There's another ship very nearby, and Zoro could almost swear he just saw bubbles and lightning. The girls were supposed to be protecting Merrily, so that must be Merrily - never mind that he ought to know the figurehead and flag on sight but nooo he's paying attention solely to the fight activity on deck.]
...shit. Keimi and Lorelai are fighting. We gotta get over there.
[he has no energy at all to swim, but swim he does, keeping one arm around Sanji to pull him along. Like hell if he's going to let some stupid chain send them to an undignified and watery grave.]
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Here. You got it. Right there.
[he still doesn't uncurl his fingers until he can feel that Sanji has a hold of the hilt, mainly because it's Kitetsu - the cursed sword doesn't just give its trust to anyone. Good, now he has use of his arms as well, though they're already cramped from exertion, right down to his fingers.
A toss of his head lets him look around. Hm, burning ship over there, that's not it. There's another ship very nearby, and Zoro could almost swear he just saw bubbles and lightning. The girls were supposed to be protecting Merrily, so that must be Merrily - never mind that he ought to know the figurehead and flag on sight but nooo he's paying attention solely to the fight activity on deck.]
...shit. Keimi and Lorelai are fighting. We gotta get over there.
[he has no energy at all to swim, but swim he does, keeping one arm around Sanji to pull him along. Like hell if he's going to let some stupid chain send them to an undignified and watery grave.]