[The two below suddenly let go, letting him float higher and higher, so close to the darkness, farther away from the light. But the one clutching at his doesn't.
It's not until they are also bursting through the surface that those claws finally release him, ripping in his arms like jagged knives as they let go.
Those gold eyes keep staring at him, that smile is twisted and laughing, open mouthed even as all the bubbles froth from its mouth.]