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"Seriously? Because she's been so much help so far." Lukas snorted. Nonetheless, he still looked around to see if their watery lady-friend still hung around. She floated just in front of the submerged vehicle and met his eyes at his even stare. She has no damn eyelids, he thought absently. When she made no move at his words, though, he shrugged. "Nope, thought not," he muttered. "It's all us, Lex. Sorry."

Looking down at the two at his feet again, Lukas huffed a sigh. This was going to be really awkward. "Damn. Okay. Let's get this over with, I guess." He crouched and, with a grimace and soft grunts, he managed to get one of his kids slung over his shoulder, his arm wrapped around the young man's waist to stabilize him against his own body. Then he motioned to the petite woman still on the lake-bed.

"Can you help get her up against my hip? I'm going to see if I can manage to get upwards with both. I might have to come back if we have to swim instead of just walking to shore."

Grunting a bit as he accepted the girl's weight and then corrected his stance, Lukas nodded. It was a slow, slightly hesitant response but it was still positive. He tightened his hold on the victim draped over his shoulder and stooped a bit to better hold onto the second. "Let's see if this works," he muttered, half to himself and half to Lex.

Not one word was directed at their unhelpful water sprite.

Carefully, Lukas took an experimental step. It was hard, he decided, but not impossible. He took another step. It would be slow going but manageable so long as he didn't have to swim. With that thought, he looked over at their guide. "Can you make these air bubbles go along the bottom to get us to the shore?" he asked.

She nodded. Then she pushed herself away from the front of the Jeep and glided gracefully in front of them. She lifted a hand to beckon them onward. Once she felt sure their attention was on her, she began drifting forward, her hands moving in strangely emotive ways, crafting more bubbles for them to use as an air laden pathway.

"Well, guess that's my answer." Lukas shot a rough grin at Lex and began the slow plod towards the shore.