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In The Pool

Lenore watched the display with a bored face. "That looks ridiculous." Nevertheless, she did as she was told.

[11]

In The Pool (11)

"Yes actually, it does," Shina said in a matter of fact tone. "However, it is quite effective in preventing drowning, and has the benefit of letting you keep your head above water and see where you are going, which the other two most popular strokes, the front crawl and backstroke, cannot claim. Now lean forward and stretch your legs out behind you. I'll support you while you practice the stroke laying down," Shina said, moving so she would be next to Lenore's thigh, able to wrap one arm around her hips to keep the girl in place, and use her other arm to support her enough to almost stay afloat, forearm across her stomach and hand supporting the bottom of her ribcage.

ON THE DECKS/ POOL AREA (1)

(so whats the timeline we're working with? Pre or Post caravan? Up to me?)

Jan and Del walk out into the- still sunny- deck.
Eventually jan pulls del aside, looking absurd in his inner tube.
"Del, That was too far! She did nothing wrong!"
"Sperra stole something from someone. Its bad enough looking after you, but she is supposed to look after us! She cant be doing that, its bad for our development!"
"And what about you, distracting that doctor like that?! Suppose he gets in trouble" Jan didnt have a problem with the talking to the doctor thing, but for the sake of the argument, he pretended he did.
"That was different!" half-snarled Del, "I was asking questions! He was teaching! Nobody got hurt!"
"I did" not from the doctor, of course, but who needed logic in a sibling argument?
"What?! Thats not true" Del started to fume red. She was fond of logic, even if her brother was all too willing to toss it aside.
" Whatever, anyway, I miss her!" which was true. He wouldn't be swimming and it would be nice to have a member of his family to hug while he watched the people around him.
Del did too.
"Well, we'll get her back later!" she retorted.
"She is getting what she deserves, she knows it, and you should too. No poking around other peoples rooms and taking things without their permission!"
"But... What if they aren't around?" Asked Jan, puzzled.
"Then you don't do it. At all. DO YOU GET IT NOW?!" Del was growing exasperated. Before he could say another word, she threw her hands up in exasperation.
"Arrrgh, I am not dealing with this. Talk to me when you can see reason!" she said, stomping away to the hot tub. That was what she felt she needed right now... something warm to thin the frustration in her head.

Jan watched her go, frowning. He didnt like it when Del was angry at him, but he was right, he knew it. Eventually he would talk to her, when she had calmed down and realized that she had really overreacted.
He stood by the pool longlingly, his bag with the sketchbook claiming a beach chair as he gripped his skittytube and wished that he could swim. He could barely manage even with the tube.
He looked at the people.... was that...
"hey!" he called out, "Can I learn too?"
He felt hopeful.

In The Pool

"Flat as a board, remember? You'd have no way to know." Lenore called after the retreating gym leader. She got out of the pool and left to visit Mephistopheles, fully bored of this "fun" activity.

[13]

In Pool Area (13)

"Great job!" Shina said enthusiastically. "And it isn't that hard to learn different strokes. Did you know the one I was teaching Lenore looks like a frog when you add the leg motions? Here, look!" Shina swam from one side of the shallow end to the other and back.

In Pool Area

Lyle tilted himself upright to watch Shina swimming, and couldn't help laughing at the odd movement. "It looks funny!" he told her, idly splashing the water with his hands. "It should be called the froggy paddle!"

[6]

In Pool Area (14)

"Do you want to try learning the froggy paddle?" Shina asked cheerfully. Going over to the wall, she held on and demonstrated the kick in slow motion. "Here, this is how you do the kick. Come try!" Shina encouraged.