Day 6

[Jack almost, almost manages to get to sleep, he's sure of it. Then Eugene is badgering his face and mumbling more of those talking-through-water words that Jack finds himself being dragged back up towards, until he breaks the surface in a start and a shiver and a vaguely air-hungry gasp that triggers another round of ragged coughing. There are tears in his eyes when he finally finishes, panting again, still uneven but a little stronger.]

M'not hungry. [He mutters thickly and without conviction, glancing tiredly up at Eugene. This is hardly the time to be talking about food, he thinks.]