>Just wait and hope. With luck, there's no fish types around there.
> You wait for what feels like a painful eternity. Meiling's movements grow slower and slower as she spends more time underwater, but the boulder gets closer and closer. The moss, almost completely stripped away, is sucked down into the hole. Still, Meiling perseveres.
> The boulder inches over the edge of the hole, and with one final movement, Meiling pushes it over the edge. The rock, easily dwarfing the hole, covers it completely. Just like that, the flow of the whirlpool is disrupted and comes to a halt. Meiling lets go of the rock and floats to the surface. Upon breaking through the water, she turns over on her back and starts gasping for air.
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