What he saw most likely cemented his fear. Shockingly close, the yawning beak of the Thauin eclipsed all, as it hungrily snapped at the air. It’s other tentacles still struggling with sailors on the deck.
Tharos gave a shout of warning, and Mariner quickly pulled Alexis back through the portal. Not a moment too soon, as it suddenly collapsed violently. Were it possible for such a manifestation of power to have malevolence, this one certainly did.
Mariner realized there was now one course of action. Handing an exhausted Tharos his sword, he ran for the wale and jumped.
A pair of sailors dropped a rope for him to climb.