[ His tail might already be wrapped around him but Daryl slips the arm he doesn't need to sign against Gabe's chest around the other's back, just so he can hold onto him in a way that feels more familiar. When Gabe nuzzles against him, Daryl's gills ripple in what amounts to a sigh and he wonders if maybe Gabe is cold. He'd grown used to the water almost immediately when he'd been tossed in, but Daryl had been so much farther along in the surgeries than Gabe is now. He's so utterly human that it has Daryl worried. ]

Take it that means you've seen someone drown, too.

[ Not to mention he's probably felt the beginning effects of it before today if it had been a part of his training. Gabe doesn't bring it up often, but every story from that time is a horror. ]

It's okay. I ain't seen Carol around here, yet. That means she's still on the outside.

[ And that means she's going to find a way to get them out. That, at least, is something Daryl isn't worried about. He can count on her watching his back like he can count on Hell jerking them around in the first place. ]

She'll figure it out. [ Or she'll do her damned best. ]