Well, fuck.

There's a moment where I think maybe I won't fall, maybe by force of will I'll stay on my feet, but he drags me down like an anchor at my back. I go over the edge with a shout, and after one moment of weightlessness, just long enough to drag in a lungful of breath, the water closes over my head and the whole world's knocked off its axis.

Fucking free fall, all over again.