"I'm cold, and these swarming river snake bites hurt. They don't know I'm immune to venom and poison," Gabby thought.
He added, "I swear, I'll kill them when I get the chance."
He grabbed two sea snakes by the head and crushed them, their blood rising to the river surface.
Gabby swam underwater toward the nearest bridge shore.
"I hate this survival class. All the food, supplies, and the swordsmanship book I borrowed are soaked," he muttered.
He thought, "I can't properly track them, because the Thrixell is stalking them too. It's drawn by the scent of the thrix markings left on one of the squad members who died. That person's belongings were marked, and the Thrixell has an extremely sharp sense of smell from far away, but its ability to detect scent weakens up close.
