[ she stops dead in her tracks as soon as a wave crashes to the shore and the water trails up toward her, touching her feet. ]

[ holy. shit.
it's freezing. ]

[ but if she backs down now she's going to look like an idiot. also, she can't let the beach win. as the wave retreats she starts walking about. ]

Don't think, King, just doooo~ [ starts running and, after a moment, when she's splashing through the shallow she dives through one of the small waves and starts swimming out. ]

[ it's not so bad if you don't think about it. ]