"...."
He saw the tangle of kelp and carefully freed him-then swam in front of him, looking up at him with his sweet, sad, heartbroken face-
"A-Atlas..."
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