She stopped swimming. Modesty forgotten, Sarah snapped back up with a few quick strokes of her blue tail, slamming into James and holding him against the wall with her forelegs. He went completely limp against her, not resisting even though he was longer and sturdier than she was. “Hey, how about shut up for a second. You didn’t have to come with me. You could’ve stayed up there in your damn little bedroom and wasted your days. Whatever exploit you were using not to get recycled sounds pretty fucking great, but that isn’t me and it isn’t open to you either anymore. You’re here, so grow some fucking balls and stop whining.”