[So he isn't looking. But maybe he hasn't noticed yet, that she isn't following him back to shore. Either way, Elizabeth isn't giving up yet. She's going to make Gai turn around if it kills her.]
[...which it very well might. The water's come up to her chest and she's having trouble keeping her feet on the ground. She slips off her beach shoes and keeps going. The waves are sliding her back, but she's learning to brace herself and keep her head above the wake.]
[It isn't only Gai's decision to leave her in the middle of the ocean, especially if he thinks it would be better for her to be there alone. When people made decisions about her life without telling Elizabeth and getting her input, she had a tendency to take drastic measures. Like now.]
no subject
[...which it very well might. The water's come up to her chest and she's having trouble keeping her feet on the ground. She slips off her beach shoes and keeps going. The waves are sliding her back, but she's learning to brace herself and keep her head above the wake.]
[It isn't only Gai's decision to leave her in the middle of the ocean, especially if he thinks it would be better for her to be there alone. When people made decisions about her life without telling Elizabeth and getting her input, she had a tendency to take drastic measures. Like now.]