Atlas splashes down into the water, swimming a fair distance away from Brandon for his own safety as he swallows the surskit down swiftly into his big belly, which takes up most of his round body. The two growlithes are laying side by side in the darkness, whimpering and crying softly, but apparently glad that they're together again. "Hey, he told me I could eat him!" shouts back Atlas angrily. "What's the big idea?!"