[Atem's already taken off along the lake's bottom, cruising along where he can, investigating anything that breaks the foliage that grows in a carpet along the lakebed.
Something Komaeda might note, if he glimpses him, is: Atem still has legs -- sort of. His tail is split in two, and the space between the toes is finned. His legs can propel him with frog kicks or move up and down like a dolphin's tail. He's slower in open water than other mers, and good luck with distance swimming -- but his maneuverability is high.
He digs into rocks, crevasses, going from shallow to deep, based both on method and on instinct: he knows Nanami and how she games pretty well by now!
But, at one point during the half-hour, he'll find himself near Komaeda, crossing paths -- and, when he does, his fins flick, propelling him up and into a quick stolen underwater smooch. If he's not stopped, Atem will dart back off right away to get back to it, left hand closed around a few coins already.]
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Something Komaeda might note, if he glimpses him, is: Atem still has legs -- sort of. His tail is split in two, and the space between the toes is finned. His legs can propel him with frog kicks or move up and down like a dolphin's tail. He's slower in open water than other mers, and good luck with distance swimming -- but his maneuverability is high.
He digs into rocks, crevasses, going from shallow to deep, based both on method and on instinct: he knows Nanami and how she games pretty well by now!
But, at one point during the half-hour, he'll find himself near Komaeda, crossing paths -- and, when he does, his fins flick, propelling him up and into a quick stolen underwater smooch. If he's not stopped, Atem will dart back off right away to get back to it, left hand closed around a few coins already.]