"I think I'm okay," said Heiji, hiking up his pant leg a little, wow what an awesome adventure. "It just grabbed my calf. Great, now there was ink everywhere.

He tugged at Hershel's sleeve. "C'mon, let's... let's get outta here." God, it was like things got worse every time they ran into that thing. He limped away from the pool, looking over his shoulder just in case the octopus was up for round two or something.

"What about you, you hurt?" It was... hard to tell, Hershel was kind of drenched.