As a snap back to reality awoke her from a trance, Lenne jumped up startled after watching Mikomi and scurried to the water's edge. She sprinted along with the rush of the current and tried to remain ahead of Mikomi. Her mind fluttered with thoughts of rescue and failure.
"Don't you worry! I'll rescue you! Somehow!" she shouted, picking up speed to the point to where she was far ahead.
Lenne's conserved energy finally kicked in again and she halted abruptly. There in front of her eyes was the usual life-threatening waterfall. Just the same, a fallen log drifted with the ebb and flow of the current. Lenne snapped her jaws to it.
"Grab on!" she cried with a muffled pitch.
