When faced with imminent death, both humans and sea beasts erupt with an astonishing will to live. It's a primal instinct, coded into their very genes. No creature simply sits and waits for its demise.
The Three-Eyed Golden Crow had already formulated a preliminary plan.
'Flee? Betrayal?'
Neither!
The Abyss Lord enjoyed the heat, so it needed a "high-temperature air conditioner." The only reason it had saved the Three-Eyed Golden Crow last time was because the crow was useful. Therefore, there was no way the Three-Eyed Golden Crow could escape from right under the Abyss Lord's nose.
And it couldn't reveal the future it had foreseen to the Abyss Lord.
For one, it would suffer a backlash from the Destiny Power.
For another, the Abyss Lord was a creature that held itself high above all others. To mention death in its presence would be an act of blasphemy in itself!
The solution the Three-Eyed Golden Crow devised was simple:
Grovel!
Defect!
