Again?
Ellis was confused when the grip on his waist abruptly loosened; feeling himself falling back into the water without a footing, he instinctively wrapped his arms around Alastair's neck. Whilst the hands on his waist caressed their way to the top behind Ellis's head, holding onto it.
Seeing how trapped he was in Alastair's arms, Ellis began shouting while tightly clamping his arms around the firm neck in front of him.
"Wait! Just wait a second, Your Grace!"
His feet were still above the ground; he was hanging from Alastair's body wholly. Ellis felt uncomfortable touching his bare body with ultimately a stranger, but more than that, he needed to somehow convince a devil into freeing him!
"What is it? Go on, I'm listening."
Taking all the time in the world to respond, Ellis's mind had suddenly hit a blank state. He was trying to come up with a good excuse when his head was jerked to the right to meet Alastair's face, only a few centimeters from closing in.
