He didn't really respond...in fact he just kept swimming, though he did not force Ezra to let go, his body felt oddly cold, of course he wasn't dead lol, but...he just felt bone chilling...not much longer till shore...
The shaking slowly stopped...and Atlas looked at Ezra...Jesus, h-his eyes were just...so dark, his once beautiful shiny black eyes...turned into a stare of nothingness...suddenly tears began to stream down his face, and yet his expression didn't even change a bit
"...I wasn't even able to keep the prince safe...it's all my fault..."
He smiled and the tears became more...frequent