[Veronica was an interesting girl, Johnny decided. She took his awkward compliment without a hint of embarrassment and was a lot more concerned with how to get back to shore. Which was, if he was being practical, the right thing to be worried about anyway.]

I could try to use my spin on it, but I don't imagine it'll be a very fun ride to be in the ball while it's moving. We'd end up just as tangled as before or dizzier than a ferris wheel in July.

[He could probably use one of his nail bullets to shoot through the weird substance, but the hole wouldn't be large enough to let them out, just to let more water in. That would go from bad to worse reaaaal fast.]