Water covers your face, blinding you as you careen downstream. You shake your head clear, but too late. A boulder rises up to meet you. Crashing between you, it breaks the link between you and your companion next to you. You and the rest of the group go one way, your companion goes the other. You cry out after them, but they disappear beneath the waves.

Looking back across the line, you see the far bank closing in. With monumental effort, you float, swim and pull your way to the welcome mud on the other side. As you crawl out of the rapids, you gaze back to where your companion had been. Another death decided in a single moment of weakness. Your weakness. Dragging yourself back to your feet, you ready yourself to move out.

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