[ People have drowned. They just didn't do it loudly. Aidan's pretty sure there's at least a couple of faces he hasn't seen in a while and that's why he's still out there, paddling around on his little homemade mini raft despite the way exhaustion makes his limbs heavy. This is fine. Planks are good for resting.
Planks are less good for resting when said exhaustion makes keeping his balance tough and in an ill-advised move Aidan topples over, goes under, realizes that wow he probably should've called it quits an hour ago because where he was previously a strong swimmer he now has noodles for limbs. Coughing, sputtering, sinking, all in rapid succession. ]