I blinked. The girl in front of me seemed to be an emotional tornado. She was obviously upset and it took me a moment to glean the reason from her fervent speech. The "loose suit" she refereed to must be the property of the guy she was with previously before they both went off. The fact that he was drowning would suffice as an explanation of her emotional state.
As much as an introvert as I had been in the recent months standing idly by as some guy drowned wasn't my normal modus operandi. It was time to pull himself out of his emotional frump. At least enough to help this girl and her friend, boyfriend, brother, well whatever he was

This other world, wherever it was, didn't seem terribly forgiving. This meant that his current long-term mood of introspection mixed with a pinch of depression was not going to work. All it was is a recipe for an accident that will probably get himself and those around him hurt because he was too busy missing reflecting on a past he couldn't have.

It was then that the thoughts of her came crashing back with such a strength that he almost buckled at his knees. The sorrow hit him like a tidal wave and he was at risk of becoming more of an emotional tornado then the girl in front of him. That's right. She needed my help. I took a breath, reigning in all of my emotions and locking them away in a dark corner of my consciousness to be reflected on at a more appropriate time.

"Lead the way."