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Cameron found himself trailing the Little Tiber again, starting from the very beginning and making his way down towards the lake where it ended. He was just casually strolling around, hands folded behind his head. He had his eyes closed, only listening to the stream of water leading him down… or up, either way, it was enough for him to know where to walk. It wasn’t a sound as powerful as the ocean, his mother’s realm, which was always more like thunder in his head. The river, however, was calmer… like a steady rhythm of waves crashing against the shore despite not producing waves. It was just a river after all. And then there was the lake...

No matter how hard Cameron tried to see the lake as some sort of substitute for the ocean it didn’t work. It was small - in comparison to his mother’s realm - and had boundaries. It was limited space. Whenever he found himself just floating around he ended up hitting his head on the edge of it. It was great and nice to have a larger body of water available at Camp Jupiter but it just wasn’t the same. He missed the power the ocean had over him and the power he had over it, the smell of the salt which was inevitably missing here. Every day, he could hear and feel it calling him. Calling him home.

Head empty, no thoughts, he kept wandering down the edge of the river when suddenly the sound of something dropping into water ripped him out of his peaceful state of mind. Cameron opened his eyes, arms dropping to his side as he searched for the source. Jogging along the water he soon stumbled upon a body struggling in the river. Without hesitation the blond kicked off his shoes and jumped into the river, not bothering about his clothes.

Even though he was fast, by the time he was in the water the person had slipped farther down so he had to swim as he attempted to catch up with them. Thanks to the strong current it pushed him down quicker but instead of staying above the water, he dove under, which helped him to move even quicker. Cameron always had more of a knack for diving and felt more comfortable below the surface. Unfortunately, he had no control over the river’s water, so his swimming skills were all he could rely on.

Nevertheless, he was a faster and better swimmer than the regular demigod no matter what kind of water he was surrounded with. His feet were kicking, hurrying to catch up with the unknown body to keep them from drowning. Cameron caught the arms of the person, long brown hair slapping at his face as he wrapped his arms under their armpits. It was a bit of a struggle with nothing to hold on to drag them out of the water. "Hang on there. I got you. Just hold on to me as best as you can." He swam sideways, not against and not with the current and flow of the water, to get close to the edge of the river, one hand grabbing nothing but loose mud.

The blond sent a silent prayer when a low hanging branch of a tree finally appeared a moment later, his arm immediately shooting out to reach for it while the other was strenuously holding on to the brunette. He locked his legs around her, so she couldn't slip out of his grasp before he pulled the two of them out of the water. It was slow progress. Cameron was strong but he wasn't strong enough to simply carry two bodies out of the water with just one hand. Eventually, he managed to pull his upper body safely to the river bank, pulling the brunette up immediately after.

He spat out some water, although drowning wasn't easy for the son of Salacia. Taking a couple of deep breaths he lay on the grass, soaked to the core, wet hair sticking on his face in a very not-handsomely manner. "Are you alright?" he asked the other demigod, moving from underneath and carefully putting her on the grass. He pushed himself up to his knees, hovering over her face very closely as he observed her face, making sure she was breathing.

[attr="class","THREAD3TAG"]Seraphime Batali