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3) In Which Miaka Gets Out of Her First Situation and Into Another
Miaka found herself smashed in the small room. Forced into fetal position, her arms and legs sought any open space. Miaka found herself quite uncomfortable. Her eyes began to fill with tears, and soon the salty water came spilling out like a broken fire hydrant.
"What am I to dooooo?" she wailed, emphasizing the extra O's in do. "Hmmm...they were good Dingie Rings (tm), though." She paused, thinking. Then, "I don't wanna stay in here! TAAMMAAHHOOMMEE!"
Miaka's anguish reverberated off the walls of the room. Her overly large tears came pelting to the ground. And as she is quite a crybaby, a small pool of water began to fill the room.
"And I didn't even find the door that Hotohori was talking about! " she cried. More giant teardrops rained down. The pool became a small lake and it lapped at her shoes.
"TAMAHOME!" she wailed, finally pronouncing his name with no extra letters. More tears fell. The small lake turned into a small ocean and now reached her chin. Suddenly she felt the pressure of the walls on her back diminish and she was able to lift her head out of her lap. She was shrinking back to her normal size because of the water.
Now she really was in an ocean, for although her size had changed, the amount of water in the room did not. As she flailed around (she never did understand why she never passed First Aid' s swimming test. So what if she never got past the "minnows/beginner's pond"), Miaka attempted to remember that vital advice she had received those three days did attend the swimming class.
"What was it that we first learned? Hmmmm don 't waste all your energy by panicking and flailing around...no that's not it Maybe don't breathe underwater...no that's not it either...I know! Wait at least ten minutes after eating before entering water! Oh no! I ate those Dingie Rings(tm) five minutes ago!"
Severe cramps suddenly took hold of her stomach. She gasped in pain, and in panic, began taking gulps of water instead of air. Her legs and arms began to hurt and she felt lightheaded from lack of oxygen. Unable to last any longer, she said good-bye to her beloved Tamahome and was about to sacrifice herself to the water gods when she rammed up against something hard.
Finding that this object she had floated into had many hand holds, she latched on to them like a leach on a person's skin. Squeezing her eyes closed, Miaka gritted her teeth, held on for dear life, and prayed that the water would somehow go away.
Much to Miaka's surprise, the water began to recede. The waterline declined, until finally, it disappeared. Miaka opened her eyes and much to her surprise, she found herself not in the small room, but on top of a house located in the countryside.
