"What--hey! I can still float a bit!" she protested. "Like I know how to do the doggie paddle!"

Barely.

"Besides, what are the odds at getting that type of mission? Come on! I've been here long enough and nothing like that happened!" Just give it a few days, Lash you'd be stuck in one soon enough. Ooooh now she really wanted to beat him in the sword fight just to prove she could do it.