"Yeah, well, the asshole took out a chunk of my seal parts, so he can suck it," Cosette manages, breathlessly from the effort of helping keep Spencer a float and trying to aid Joel in manipulating the water to keep the creature at a distance from them.

Her vision is still blurry, and she knows she is still bleeding. She grits her teeth together with as much focus as she can manage, trying to propel her tail to help them move faster when she realizes that it won't move.

"Shit, son of a bitch!" She curses as her tail hangs limply behind her.