Fengfeng stood on the boat like a frightened bird, waiting for his son Ashen to emerge from the water.
A short while passed, but the surface of the lake remained completely unchanged, save for a few bubbles rising to the top. Ten minutes or so went by—the absolute limit of human endurance. No matter how long someone could hold their breath, it was simply impossible to last this long underwater.
Believing his son was surely dead, the stoic man knelt on the wooden deck in agony, staring with despair at the slowly moving water of the lake.
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