[Verse 1]
Level thirty
Nobody mentioned level thirty would be water
The gate opened and that was water
All of it
Just water
Lara went first
(she has wings)
(she floated)
(immediately)
Crotus went in sideways
(four legs)
(this was disturbing to watch)
(Aldric rode him)
(this made it worse)
[Pre-Chorus]
Then Cygnus looked at Persy
Persy looked at the water
The water said nothing
“I cannot swim,” Persy said
“Same,” said Rion
Cygnus said nothing
Cygnus spread his wings
[Chorus]
Liquid reality
Not what we planned for
Liquid reality
Persy on his back
Rion holding the feathers
Cygnus with two passengers
And the dignity of none of them
Liquid reality
[Verse 2]
The rest were managing
Cassie — powerful strokes
Castor — moving like starlight through water
Solara — not even bothered
Aldric — still on Crotus, technically dry, very smug
Then the Leviathan arrived
[Pre-Chorus 2]
It was large
It was very large
It was the kind of large that makes level thirty make sense
Because you need that much water
To hold something that large
[Chorus]
Liquid reality
This is the guardian
Liquid reality
The size of everything
Persy grabbed tighter
Rion grabbed tighter
Cygnus kept swimming
Because Cygnus does not panic
He is a swan
[Bridge]
Herc looked at the Leviathan
The Leviathan looked at Herc
This took about two seconds
Then Herc handled it
(how)
(the way Herc handles things)
(completely)
(everyone else kept swimming)
[Chorus]
Liquid reality
Not our best look
Liquid reality
But the gate is ahead
Persy dried off slowly
Rion said nothing
Cygnus shook his wings
Aldric was still dry
We got through
We always get through
Liquid reality
[Outro]
Gate to level thirty-one
Crew assembled
Crotus: still unsettling when wet
Persy: learning to swim eventually
(he said)
Cygnus: excellent
As always
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