Lia giggled, jumping over the orca's large head and sitting on his back. She was used to doing this if she needed to replace the main actress of the show with this friendly cetacean, so she wasn't uneasy about suddenly getting on top of the orca's back.
"Let's go then!" she said, but immediately meeped as the orca flipped over. "EEK!"
After a big splash, Lia tried coming out of the water. But she felt a bit heavier ...
.... a bit too heavy.
Lia tried swimming up, fighting against the mysterious weight that was keeping her down. With a gasp of air, she managed to put an arm on one of the edges of the tank to support herself ... before she had to lean forward. There was some sort of impediment that nearly caused her to bounce back as she attempted to jump forwards.
"Whoa!" she said, trying to process what just had happened as she leaned onto the edge again. "What's wrong with…"
But before she could finish her question, she looked down, noticing something was different...