"You did?" That gets a thoughtful look. "It could be. It happened to both of us within moments of this actually happening--wait, I dragged you down? You tried to save me?"

He glances around, the reef's not too far in the distance, sloping upwards back towards the island.

"We need to take a sample." A pause. "Damn it, my belt and bag are gone. Probably fell in the reef. Do you have the crown?"